Go workflow (go-ini/ini)

The Go workflow from go-ini/ini, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: go-ini/ini.github/workflows/go.ymlLicense Apache-2.0View source

What it does

This is the Go workflow from the go-ini/ini repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its Apache-2.0 license.

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

The workflow

workflow (.yml)

name: Go
on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
    paths:
      - '**.go'
      - 'go.mod'
      - '.golangci.yml'
      - '.github/workflows/go.yml'
  pull_request:
    paths:
      - '**.go'
      - 'go.mod'
      - '.golangci.yml'
      - '.github/workflows/go.yml'
env:
  GOPROXY: 'https://proxy.golang.org'

jobs:
  lint:
    name: Lint
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - name: Setup Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
        with:
          go-version: stable
      - name: Run golangci-lint
        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v9
        with:
          version: latest
          args: --timeout=30m

  test:
    name: Test
    strategy:
      matrix:
        go-version: [1.26.x]
        platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - name: Setup Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
        with:
          go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
      - name: Run tests with coverage
        run: |
          go test -v -race ./...

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Go
on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
    paths:
      - '**.go'
      - 'go.mod'
      - '.golangci.yml'
      - '.github/workflows/go.yml'
  pull_request:
    paths:
      - '**.go'
      - 'go.mod'
      - '.golangci.yml'
      - '.github/workflows/go.yml'
env:
  GOPROXY: 'https://proxy.golang.org'
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  lint:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Lint
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - name: Setup Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
        with:
          go-version: stable
      - name: Run golangci-lint
        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v9
        with:
          version: latest
          args: --timeout=30m
 
  test:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Test
    strategy:
      matrix:
        go-version: [1.26.x]
        platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - name: Setup Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
        with:
          go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
      - name: Run tests with coverage
        run: |
          go test -v -race ./...

What changed

Run on Latchkey managed runners with one line (runs-on), which apply the fixes below automatically and self-heal transient failures. This example uses latchkey-small; pick the runner size that fits the job.
Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.
Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

1 third-party action is referenced by a movable tag. Pin it to the commit SHA (Latchkey resolves and applies this automatically) so a repointed tag cannot change what runs.

This workflow runs 2 jobs (4 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/checkout actions/setup-go golangci/golangci-lint-action