DB Release workflow (horsicq/Detect-It-Easy)

The DB Release workflow from horsicq/Detect-It-Easy, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: horsicq/Detect-It-Easy.github/workflows/db-release.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the DB Release workflow from the horsicq/Detect-It-Easy 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)

name: DB Release

on:
    push:
        branches: ["master"]
    workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
    release:
        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
        permissions:
            contents: write

        steps:
            - name: Clone Detect-It-Easy
              run: |
                  git clone https://github.com/horsicq/Detect-It-Easy DIE

            - name: Release db
              if: ${{ hashFiles('DIE/db/info.ini') != '' }}
              run: |
                  cd DIE
                  zip -r ../db.zip db
                  cd ..

            - name: Read db/info.ini
              if: ${{ hashFiles('DIE/db/info.ini') != '' }}
              id: db_info
              run: |
                  DB_INFO=$(cat DIE/db/info.ini)
                  echo "DB_INFO<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
                  echo "$DB_INFO" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
                  echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

            - name: Update db release
              if: ${{ hashFiles('DIE/db/info.ini') != '' }}
              uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3
              with:
                  files: db.zip
                  name: "db"
                  tag_name: db
                  body: ${{ steps.db_info.outputs.DB_INFO }}
                  draft: false
                  prerelease: true
              env:
                  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}

            - name: Create db_extra.zip
              if: ${{ hashFiles('DIE/db_extra/info.ini') != '' }}
              run: |
                  cd DIE
                  zip -r ../db_extra.zip db_extra
                  cd ..

            - name: Read db_extra/info.ini
              if: ${{ hashFiles('DIE/db_extra/info.ini') != '' }}
              id: db_extra_info
              run: |
                  DB_EXTRA_INFO=$(cat DIE/db_extra/info.ini)
                  echo "DB_EXTRA_INFO<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
                  echo "$DB_EXTRA_INFO" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
                  echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

            - name: Update db_extra release
              if: ${{ hashFiles('DIE/db_extra/info.ini') != '' }}
              uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3
              with:
                  files: db_extra.zip
                  name: "db_extra"
                  tag_name: db_extra
                  body: ${{ steps.db_extra_info.outputs.DB_EXTRA_INFO }}
                  draft: false
                  prerelease: true
              env:
                  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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name: DB Release
 
on:
    push:
        branches: ["master"]
    workflow_dispatch:
 
concurrency:
    group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
    cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
    release:
        timeout-minutes: 30
        runs-on: latchkey-small
        permissions:
            contents: write
 
        steps:
            - name: Clone Detect-It-Easy
              run: |
                  git clone https://github.com/horsicq/Detect-It-Easy DIE
 
            - name: Release db
              if: ${{ hashFiles('DIE/db/info.ini') != '' }}
              run: |
                  cd DIE
                  zip -r ../db.zip db
                  cd ..
 
            - name: Read db/info.ini
              if: ${{ hashFiles('DIE/db/info.ini') != '' }}
              id: db_info
              run: |
                  DB_INFO=$(cat DIE/db/info.ini)
                  echo "DB_INFO<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
                  echo "$DB_INFO" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
                  echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
            - name: Update db release
              if: ${{ hashFiles('DIE/db/info.ini') != '' }}
              uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3
              with:
                  files: db.zip
                  name: "db"
                  tag_name: db
                  body: ${{ steps.db_info.outputs.DB_INFO }}
                  draft: false
                  prerelease: true
              env:
                  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
 
            - name: Create db_extra.zip
              if: ${{ hashFiles('DIE/db_extra/info.ini') != '' }}
              run: |
                  cd DIE
                  zip -r ../db_extra.zip db_extra
                  cd ..
 
            - name: Read db_extra/info.ini
              if: ${{ hashFiles('DIE/db_extra/info.ini') != '' }}
              id: db_extra_info
              run: |
                  DB_EXTRA_INFO=$(cat DIE/db_extra/info.ini)
                  echo "DB_EXTRA_INFO<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
                  echo "$DB_EXTRA_INFO" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
                  echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
            - name: Update db_extra release
              if: ${{ hashFiles('DIE/db_extra/info.ini') != '' }}
              uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3
              with:
                  files: db_extra.zip
                  name: "db_extra"
                  tag_name: db_extra
                  body: ${{ steps.db_extra_info.outputs.DB_EXTRA_INFO }}
                  draft: false
                  prerelease: true
              env:
                  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}

What changed

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

Actions used in this workflow

softprops/action-gh-release