TODO workflow (senecajs/seneca)

The TODO workflow from senecajs/seneca, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the TODO workflow from the senecajs/seneca 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

name: "TODO"
on: ["push"]
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
    steps:
      - uses: "actions/checkout@master"
      - name: "todo-to-issue"
        uses: "senecajs/todo-to-issue-action@master"
        with:
          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
          BEFORE: ${{ github.event.before }}
          SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          LABEL: "TODO:"
          COMMENT_MARKER: "//"
          INCLUDE_EXT: ".js,.md"
        id: "todo"

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: "TODO"
on: ["push"]
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  build:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
    steps:
      - uses: "actions/checkout@master"
      - name: "todo-to-issue"
        uses: "senecajs/todo-to-issue-action@master"
        with:
          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
          BEFORE: ${{ github.event.before }}
          SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          LABEL: "TODO:"
          COMMENT_MARKER: "//"
          INCLUDE_EXT: ".js,.md"
        id: "todo"
 

What changed

• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.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.

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