Release workflow (kevwan/tproxy)

The Release workflow from kevwan/tproxy, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: kevwan/tproxy.github/workflows/release.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Release workflow from the kevwan/tproxy 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: Release
on:
  release:
    types: [created]
jobs:
  releases-matrix:
    name: Release tproxy binary
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        # build and publish in parallel: linux/amd64, linux/arm64,
        # windows/amd64, windows/arm64, darwin/amd64, darwin/arm64
        goos: [ linux, windows, darwin ]
        goarch: [ amd64, arm64 ]
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: wangyoucao577/go-release-action@v1.40
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          goos: ${{ matrix.goos }}
          goarch: ${{ matrix.goarch }}
          binary_name: "tproxy"
          extra_files: readme-cn.md readme.md

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Release
on:
  release:
    types: [created]
jobs:
  releases-matrix:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Release tproxy binary
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    strategy:
      matrix:
        # build and publish in parallel: linux/amd64, linux/arm64,
        # windows/amd64, windows/arm64, darwin/amd64, darwin/arm64
        goos: [ linux, windows, darwin ]
        goarch: [ amd64, arm64 ]
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: wangyoucao577/go-release-action@v1.40
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          goos: ${{ matrix.goos }}
          goarch: ${{ matrix.goarch }}
          binary_name: "tproxy"
          extra_files: readme-cn.md readme.md

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.
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 1 job (6 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