install workflow (santinic/how2)

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Source: santinic/how2.github/workflows/install.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the install workflow from the santinic/how2 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: install
run-name: Test install on every OS
on: [push]
jobs:
  npm:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: '16'
      - uses: actions/checkout@master
      - id: ver
        uses: Saionaro/extract-package-version@v1.0.6
      - run: npm i -g how2
      - run: how2
      - run: how2 decompress tar gz
      - run: |
          ver=`how2 --version`
          echo $ver
          if [ $ver != ${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }} ]; then exit 1; fi
      - run: how2 --set-token 8b2fee4d-95g3-4e35-b8ea-edede6500533
      - run: how2 --get-token
  linux-binary:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@master
      - id: ver
        uses: Saionaro/extract-package-version@v1.0.6
      - run: wget https://github.com/santinic/how2/releases/download/v${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }}/how2-linux-x64.tar.gz
      - run: tar xvzf how2-linux-x64.tar.gz
      - run: mv how2-linux how2
      - run: ./how2
      - run: ./how2 decompress tar gz
      - run: |
          ver=`./how2 --version`
          echo $ver
          if [ $ver != ${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }} ]; then exit 1; fi
      - run: ./how2 --set-token 8b2fee4d-95g3-4e35-b8ea-edede6500533
      - run: ./how2 --get-token
  deb:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@master
      - id: ver
        uses: Saionaro/extract-package-version@v1.0.6
      - run: wget how2terminal.com/how2.deb
      - run: sudo dpkg -i how2.deb
      - run: how2
      - run: how2 decompress tar gz
      - run: |
          ver=`how2 --version`
          echo $ver
          if [ $ver != $latest ]; then exit 1; fi
      - run: how2 --set-token 8b2fee4d-95g3-4e35-b8ea-edede6500533
      - run: how2 --get-token
  brew-tap:
    runs-on: macos-12
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@master
      - id: ver
        uses: Saionaro/extract-package-version@v1.0.6
      - run: brew tap how2terminal/how2
      - run: brew install how2
      - run: how2
      - run: how2 decompress tar gz
      - run: |
          ver=`how2 --version`
          echo $ver
          if [ $ver != ${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }} ]; then exit 1; fi
      - run: how2 --set-token 8b2fee4d-95g3-4e35-b8ea-edede6500533
      - run: how2 --get-token
  windows:
    runs-on: windows-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@master
      - id: ver
        uses: Saionaro/extract-package-version@v1.0.6
      - name: Download and decompress artifact
        shell: pwsh
        run: |
          $WebClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
          $WebClient.DownloadFile("https://github.com/santinic/how2/releases/download/v${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }}/how2-win.zip", "how2-win.zip")
          Expand-Archive -Path .\how2-win.zip .
      - run: mv how2-win.exe how2.exe
      - name: Without options
        run: .\how2
      - name: Simple search
        run: .\how2 Download file
      - run: .\how2 --set-token 8b2fee4d-95g3-4e35-b8ea-edede6500533
      - run: .\how2 --get-token

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Estimated ~20% faster on cache hits, plus fewer wasted runs and a safer supply chain. Added and changed lines are highlighted.

name: install
run-name: Test install on every OS
on: [push]
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  npm:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          cache: 'npm'
          node-version: '16'
      - uses: actions/checkout@master
      - id: ver
        uses: Saionaro/extract-package-version@v1.0.6
      - run: npm i -g how2
      - run: how2
      - run: how2 decompress tar gz
      - run: |
          ver=`how2 --version`
          echo $ver
          if [ $ver != ${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }} ]; then exit 1; fi
      - run: how2 --set-token 8b2fee4d-95g3-4e35-b8ea-edede6500533
      - run: how2 --get-token
  linux-binary:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@master
      - id: ver
        uses: Saionaro/extract-package-version@v1.0.6
      - run: wget https://github.com/santinic/how2/releases/download/v${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }}/how2-linux-x64.tar.gz
      - run: tar xvzf how2-linux-x64.tar.gz
      - run: mv how2-linux how2
      - run: ./how2
      - run: ./how2 decompress tar gz
      - run: |
          ver=`./how2 --version`
          echo $ver
          if [ $ver != ${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }} ]; then exit 1; fi
      - run: ./how2 --set-token 8b2fee4d-95g3-4e35-b8ea-edede6500533
      - run: ./how2 --get-token
  deb:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@master
      - id: ver
        uses: Saionaro/extract-package-version@v1.0.6
      - run: wget how2terminal.com/how2.deb
      - run: sudo dpkg -i how2.deb
      - run: how2
      - run: how2 decompress tar gz
      - run: |
          ver=`how2 --version`
          echo $ver
          if [ $ver != $latest ]; then exit 1; fi
      - run: how2 --set-token 8b2fee4d-95g3-4e35-b8ea-edede6500533
      - run: how2 --get-token
  brew-tap:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: macos-12
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@master
      - id: ver
        uses: Saionaro/extract-package-version@v1.0.6
      - run: brew tap how2terminal/how2
      - run: brew install how2
      - run: how2
      - run: how2 decompress tar gz
      - run: |
          ver=`how2 --version`
          echo $ver
          if [ $ver != ${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }} ]; then exit 1; fi
      - run: how2 --set-token 8b2fee4d-95g3-4e35-b8ea-edede6500533
      - run: how2 --get-token
  windows:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: windows-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@master
      - id: ver
        uses: Saionaro/extract-package-version@v1.0.6
      - name: Download and decompress artifact
        shell: pwsh
        run: |
          $WebClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
          $WebClient.DownloadFile("https://github.com/santinic/how2/releases/download/v${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }}/how2-win.zip", "how2-win.zip")
          Expand-Archive -Path .\how2-win.zip .
      - run: mv how2-win.exe how2.exe
      - name: Without options
        run: .\how2
      - name: Simple search
        run: .\how2 Download file
      - run: .\how2 --set-token 8b2fee4d-95g3-4e35-b8ea-edede6500533
      - run: .\how2 --get-token

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.
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.

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.

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:

Network fetches

This workflow runs 5 jobs 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/setup-node actions/checkout