Build/release Binaries workflow (Superalgos/Superalgos)

The Build/release Binaries workflow from Superalgos/Superalgos, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: Superalgos/Superalgos.github/workflows/release_build.ymlLicense Apache-2.0View source

What it does

This is the Build/release Binaries workflow from the Superalgos/Superalgos 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

workflow (.yml)

name: Build/release Binaries


on: 
  release:
    types: 
      - published

  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  build-release:
    if: github.repository == 'superalgos/superalgos'
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    strategy:
        matrix:
          os: [windows-latest, macos-latest, ubuntu-latest]

    steps:
      - name: Check out Git repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Install Node.js, NPM and Yarn
        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
        with:
          node-version: 18
      
      - name: Get version
        id: vars
        run:  echo "::set-output name=tag::$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")"

      - name: Build/release Electron app
        uses: samuelmeuli/action-electron-builder@v1
        with:
          # GitHub token, automatically provided to the action
          # (No need to define this secret in the repo settings)
          github_token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
          args: "-c.extraMetadata.version=${{ steps.vars.outputs.tag }} -c build/electron-builder.json -p always"
          release: true

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: Build/release Binaries
 
 
on: 
  release:
    types: 
      - published
 
  workflow_dispatch:
 
jobs:
  build-release:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    if: github.repository == 'superalgos/superalgos'
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    strategy:
        matrix:
          os: [windows-latest, macos-latest, ubuntu-latest]
 
    steps:
      - name: Check out Git repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
      - name: Install Node.js, NPM and Yarn
        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
        with:
          cache: 'npm'
          node-version: 18
      
      - name: Get version
        id: vars
        run:  echo "::set-output name=tag::$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")"
 
      - name: Build/release Electron app
        uses: samuelmeuli/action-electron-builder@v1
        with:
          # GitHub token, automatically provided to the action
          # (No need to define this secret in the repo settings)
          github_token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
          args: "-c.extraMetadata.version=${{ steps.vars.outputs.tag }} -c build/electron-builder.json -p always"
          release: true

What changed

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.

This workflow runs 1 job (3 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 actions/setup-node