Accept Baselines, Fix Lints, and Format workflow (microsoft/TypeScript)
The Accept Baselines, Fix Lints, and Format workflow from microsoft/TypeScript, explained and optimized by Latchkey.
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What it does
This is the Accept Baselines, Fix Lints, and Format workflow from the microsoft/TypeScript 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
name: Accept Baselines, Fix Lints, and Format
on:
workflow_dispatch: {}
permissions:
contents: read
id-token: write
# Ensure scripts are run with pipefail. See:
# https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#exit-codes-and-error-action-preference
defaults:
run:
shell: bash
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
environment:
name: azure
deployment: false
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
with:
persist-credentials: false
- uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
with:
node-version: 'lts/*'
- name: Configure Git, Run Tests, Update Baselines, Apply Fixes
run: |
git config user.email "290192711+typescript-automation[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
git config user.name "typescript-automation[bot]"
npm ci
git rm -r --quiet tests/baselines/reference
npx hereby runtests-parallel --ci --fix || true
npx hereby baseline-accept
npx hereby format
git add ./src
git add ./tests/baselines/reference
git diff --cached
git commit -m "Update Baselines, Applied Lint Fixes, and/or Formatted"
- uses: azure/login@532459ea530d8321f2fb9bb10d1e0bcf23869a43 # v3.0.0
with:
client-id: ${{ vars.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
tenant-id: ${{ vars.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
subscription-id: ${{ vars.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
- name: Create GitHub App token
id: app-token
uses: microsoft/create-github-app-token-via-key-vault@5ba0d436e9c3cac52feff4d1f2f66f9698ce4a2d # v1
with:
client-id: ${{ vars.TYPESCRIPT_AUTOMATION_GITHUB_APP_CLIENT_ID }}
key-id: ${{ vars.TYPESCRIPT_AUTOMATION_GITHUB_APP_KEY_ID }}
owner: microsoft
repositories: TypeScript
permission-contents: write
- name: Configure git for GitHub App token
shell: bash
env:
GITHUB_APP_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
run: |
set -euo pipefail
basic_auth="$(node -e 'process.stdout.write(Buffer.from("x-access-token:" + process.env.GITHUB_APP_TOKEN).toString("base64"))')"
echo "::add-mask::$basic_auth"
git config --local http.https://github.com/.extraheader "AUTHORIZATION: basic ${basic_auth}"
- run: git push
The same workflow, on Latchkey
Estimated ~20% faster on cache hits, plus fewer wasted runs and a safer supply chain. Added and changed lines are highlighted.
name: Accept Baselines, Fix Lints, and Format on: workflow_dispatch: {} permissions: contents: read id-token: write # Ensure scripts are run with pipefail. See: # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#exit-codes-and-error-action-preference defaults: run: shell: bash jobs: build: timeout-minutes: 30 runs-on: latchkey-small environment: name: azure deployment: false steps: - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0 with: persist-credentials: false - uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0 with: cache: 'npm' node-version: 'lts/*' - name: Configure Git, Run Tests, Update Baselines, Apply Fixes run: | git config user.email "290192711+typescript-automation[bot]@users.noreply.github.com" git config user.name "typescript-automation[bot]" npm ci git rm -r --quiet tests/baselines/reference npx hereby runtests-parallel --ci --fix || true npx hereby baseline-accept npx hereby format git add ./src git add ./tests/baselines/reference git diff --cached git commit -m "Update Baselines, Applied Lint Fixes, and/or Formatted" - uses: azure/login@532459ea530d8321f2fb9bb10d1e0bcf23869a43 # v3.0.0 with: client-id: ${{ vars.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }} tenant-id: ${{ vars.AZURE_TENANT_ID }} subscription-id: ${{ vars.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }} - name: Create GitHub App token id: app-token uses: microsoft/create-github-app-token-via-key-vault@5ba0d436e9c3cac52feff4d1f2f66f9698ce4a2d # v1 with: client-id: ${{ vars.TYPESCRIPT_AUTOMATION_GITHUB_APP_CLIENT_ID }} key-id: ${{ vars.TYPESCRIPT_AUTOMATION_GITHUB_APP_KEY_ID }} owner: microsoft repositories: TypeScript permission-contents: write - name: Configure git for GitHub App token shell: bash env: GITHUB_APP_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }} run: | set -euo pipefail basic_auth="$(node -e 'process.stdout.write(Buffer.from("x-access-token:" + process.env.GITHUB_APP_TOKEN).toString("base64"))')" echo "::add-mask::$basic_auth" git config --local http.https://github.com/.extraheader "AUTHORIZATION: basic ${basic_auth}" - run: git push
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 useslatchkey-small; pick the runner size that fits the job. - Cache dependency installs on the setup step so they are served from cache.
- Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.
What Latchkey heals here
This workflow has steps that commonly fail on transient issues (network, registries, flaky browsers). On Latchkey managed runners they are detected, retried, and self-healed instead of failing your build:
- Dependency installs
This workflow runs 1 job per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.