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Test workflow (go-chi/chi)

The Test workflow from go-chi/chi, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: go-chi/chi.github/workflows/ci.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Test workflow from the go-chi/chi repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

The workflow

workflow (.yml)
on:
  push:
    branches: "**"
    paths-ignore:
      - "docs/**"
  pull_request:
    branches: "**"
    paths-ignore:
      - "docs/**"

name: Test
jobs:
  test:
    env:
      GOPATH: ${{ github.workspace }}

    defaults:
      run:
        working-directory: ${{ env.GOPATH }}/src/github.com/${{ github.repository }}

    strategy:
      matrix:
        go-version: [1.23.x, 1.24.x, 1.25.x, 1.26.x]
        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]

    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}

    steps:
      - name: Install Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff # v5
        with:
          go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
          check-latest: true
          cache: false
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
        with:
          path: ${{ env.GOPATH }}/src/github.com/${{ github.repository }}
      - name: Test
        run: |
          go get -d -t ./...
          make test

The same workflow, on Latchkey

Removes redundant runs and caps runaway jobs. Added and changed lines are highlighted.

on:
  push:
    branches: "**"
    paths-ignore:
      - "docs/**"
  pull_request:
    branches: "**"
    paths-ignore:
      - "docs/**"
 
name: Test
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  test:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    env:
      GOPATH: ${{ github.workspace }}
 
    defaults:
      run:
        working-directory: ${{ env.GOPATH }}/src/github.com/${{ github.repository }}
 
    strategy:
      matrix:
        go-version: [1.23.x, 1.24.x, 1.25.x, 1.26.x]
        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
 
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
    steps:
      - name: Install Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff # v5
        with:
          go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
          check-latest: true
          cache: false
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
        with:
          path: ${{ env.GOPATH }}/src/github.com/${{ github.repository }}
      - name: Test
        run: |
          go get -d -t ./...
          make test

What changed

This workflow runs 1 job (8 with the matrix expanded) per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow

actions/setup-go actions/checkout