Go workflow (go-macaron/macaron)

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

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

What it does

This is the Go workflow from the go-macaron/macaron 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@v4
      - name: Run golangci-lint
        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v7
        with:
          version: latest
          args: --timeout=30m

  test:
    name: Test
    strategy:
      matrix:
        go-version: [ 1.24.x ]
        platform: [ ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest ]
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
    steps:
      - name: Install Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
        with:
          go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Run tests with coverage
        run: go test -v -race -coverprofile=coverage -covermode=atomic ./...
      - name: Upload coverage report to Codecov
        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1.5.0
        with:
          file: ./coverage
          flags: unittests

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@v4
      - name: Run golangci-lint
        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v7
        with:
          version: latest
          args: --timeout=30m
 
  test:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Test
    strategy:
      matrix:
        go-version: [ 1.24.x ]
        platform: [ ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest ]
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
    steps:
      - name: Install Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
        with:
          go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Run tests with coverage
        run: go test -v -race -coverprofile=coverage -covermode=atomic ./...
      - name: Upload coverage report to Codecov
        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1.5.0
        with:
          file: ./coverage
          flags: unittests

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.

2 third-party actions are referenced by a movable tag. Pin them 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 golangci/golangci-lint-action actions/setup-go codecov/codecov-action