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Source: tiangolo/fastapi.github/workflows/build-docs.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Build Docs workflow from the tiangolo/fastapi repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

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The workflow

workflow (.yml)
name: Build Docs
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
  pull_request:
permissions: {}

jobs:
  changes:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    # Required permissions
    permissions:
      pull-requests: read
    timeout-minutes: 5
    # Set job outputs to values from filter step
    outputs:
      docs: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.docs }}
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
      with:
        persist-credentials: false
    # For pull requests it's not necessary to checkout the code but for the main branch it is
    - uses: dorny/paths-filter@fbd0ab8f3e69293af611ebaee6363fc25e6d187d # v4.0.1
      id: filter
      with:
        filters: |
          docs:
            - README.md
            - docs/**
            - docs_src/**
            - pyproject.toml
            - uv.lock
            - .github/workflows/build-docs.yml
            - .github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml
            - scripts/docs.py
  langs:
    needs:
      - changes
    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.docs == 'true' }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 5
    outputs:
      langs: ${{ steps.show-langs.outputs.langs }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
        with:
          python-version-file: ".python-version"
      - name: Setup uv
        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@fac544c07dec837d0ccb6301d7b5580bf5edae39 # v8.2.0
        with:
          # Before upgrading uv version, make sure astral-sh/setup-uv knows its checksum.
          # See: https://github.com/astral-sh/setup-uv/issues/851#issuecomment-4282017837
          version: "0.11.18"
          enable-cache: true
          cache-dependency-glob: |
            pyproject.toml
            uv.lock
      - name: Install docs extras
        run: uv sync --locked --no-dev --group docs
      - name: Export Language Codes
        id: show-langs
        run: |
          echo "langs=$(uv run ./scripts/docs.py langs-json)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

  build-docs:
    needs:
      - changes
      - langs
    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.docs == 'true' }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 7
    strategy:
      matrix:
        lang: ${{ fromJson(needs.langs.outputs.langs) }}
    steps:
      - name: Dump GitHub context
        env:
          GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(github) }}
        run: echo "$GITHUB_CONTEXT"
      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
        with:
          python-version-file: ".python-version"
      - name: Setup uv
        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@fac544c07dec837d0ccb6301d7b5580bf5edae39 # v8.2.0
        with:
          # Before upgrading uv version, make sure astral-sh/setup-uv knows its checksum.
          # See: https://github.com/astral-sh/setup-uv/issues/851#issuecomment-4282017837
          version: "0.11.18"
          enable-cache: true
          cache-dependency-glob: |
            pyproject.toml
            uv.lock
      - name: Install docs extras
        run: uv sync --locked --no-dev --group docs
      - name: Update Languages
        run: uv run ./scripts/docs.py update-languages
      - uses: actions/cache@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
        with:
          key: zensical-${{ matrix.lang }}-${{ github.ref }}
          path: site_zensical_src/${{ matrix.lang }}/.cache
      - name: Build Docs
        run: | # zizmor: ignore[template-injection] - comes from trusted source
          uv run ./scripts/docs.py build-lang ${{ matrix.lang }}
      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
        with:
          name: docs-site-${{ matrix.lang }}
          # English owns root static assets. Translated pages reference /img, /css,
          # and /js, so omit duplicated language-local copies from artifacts.
          path: |
            ./site/**
            !./site/${{ matrix.lang }}/img/**
            !./site/${{ matrix.lang }}/css/**
            !./site/${{ matrix.lang }}/js/**
          include-hidden-files: true

  # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/alls-green#why
  docs-all-green:  # This job does nothing and is only used for the branch protection
    if: always()
    needs:
      - langs
      - build-docs
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Decide whether the needed jobs succeeded or failed
        uses: re-actors/alls-green@05ac9388f0aebcb5727afa17fcccfecd6f8ec5fe # v1.2.2
        with:
          jobs: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}
          allowed-skips: langs, build-docs

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name: Build Docs
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
  pull_request:
permissions: {}
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  changes:
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    # Required permissions
    permissions:
      pull-requests: read
    timeout-minutes: 5
    # Set job outputs to values from filter step
    outputs:
      docs: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.docs }}
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
      with:
        persist-credentials: false
    # For pull requests it's not necessary to checkout the code but for the main branch it is
    - uses: dorny/paths-filter@fbd0ab8f3e69293af611ebaee6363fc25e6d187d # v4.0.1
      id: filter
      with:
        filters: |
          docs:
            - README.md
            - docs/**
            - docs_src/**
            - pyproject.toml
            - uv.lock
            - .github/workflows/build-docs.yml
            - .github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml
            - scripts/docs.py
  langs:
    needs:
      - changes
    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.docs == 'true' }}
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    timeout-minutes: 5
    outputs:
      langs: ${{ steps.show-langs.outputs.langs }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
        with:
          cache: 'pip'
          python-version-file: ".python-version"
      - name: Setup uv
        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@fac544c07dec837d0ccb6301d7b5580bf5edae39 # v8.2.0
        with:
          # Before upgrading uv version, make sure astral-sh/setup-uv knows its checksum.
          # See: https://github.com/astral-sh/setup-uv/issues/851#issuecomment-4282017837
          version: "0.11.18"
          enable-cache: true
          cache-dependency-glob: |
            pyproject.toml
            uv.lock
      - name: Install docs extras
        run: uv sync --locked --no-dev --group docs
      - name: Export Language Codes
        id: show-langs
        run: |
          echo "langs=$(uv run ./scripts/docs.py langs-json)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
  build-docs:
    needs:
      - changes
      - langs
    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.docs == 'true' }}
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    timeout-minutes: 7
    strategy:
      matrix:
        lang: ${{ fromJson(needs.langs.outputs.langs) }}
    steps:
      - name: Dump GitHub context
        env:
          GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(github) }}
        run: echo "$GITHUB_CONTEXT"
      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
        with:
          cache: 'pip'
          python-version-file: ".python-version"
      - name: Setup uv
        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@fac544c07dec837d0ccb6301d7b5580bf5edae39 # v8.2.0
        with:
          # Before upgrading uv version, make sure astral-sh/setup-uv knows its checksum.
          # See: https://github.com/astral-sh/setup-uv/issues/851#issuecomment-4282017837
          version: "0.11.18"
          enable-cache: true
          cache-dependency-glob: |
            pyproject.toml
            uv.lock
      - name: Install docs extras
        run: uv sync --locked --no-dev --group docs
      - name: Update Languages
        run: uv run ./scripts/docs.py update-languages
      - uses: actions/cache@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
        with:
          key: zensical-${{ matrix.lang }}-${{ github.ref }}
          path: site_zensical_src/${{ matrix.lang }}/.cache
      - name: Build Docs
        run: | # zizmor: ignore[template-injection] - comes from trusted source
          uv run ./scripts/docs.py build-lang ${{ matrix.lang }}
      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
        with:
          name: docs-site-${{ matrix.lang }}
          # English owns root static assets. Translated pages reference /img, /css,
          # and /js, so omit duplicated language-local copies from artifacts.
          path: |
            ./site/**
            !./site/${{ matrix.lang }}/img/**
            !./site/${{ matrix.lang }}/css/**
            !./site/${{ matrix.lang }}/js/**
          include-hidden-files: true
 
  # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/alls-green#why
  docs-all-green:  # This job does nothing and is only used for the branch protection
    timeout-minutes: 30
    if: always()
    needs:
      - langs
      - build-docs
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Decide whether the needed jobs succeeded or failed
        uses: re-actors/alls-green@05ac9388f0aebcb5727afa17fcccfecd6f8ec5fe # v1.2.2
        with:
          jobs: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}
          allowed-skips: langs, build-docs
 

What changed

This workflow runs 4 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