Release for Edge workflow (violentmonkey/violentmonkey)

The Release for Edge workflow from violentmonkey/violentmonkey, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: violentmonkey/violentmonkey.github/workflows/release-edge.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Release for Edge workflow from the violentmonkey/violentmonkey 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: Release for Edge

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  push:
    tags:
      - v*

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:

      - uses: actions/checkout@v1 # v1 keeps tags
        with:
          fetch-depth: 250 # for `action-helper`
          # persist-credentials: false # not implemented in v1

      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6

      - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
        with:
          node-version-file: 'package.json'

      - name: Prepare
        run: pnpm i && node scripts/action-helper.js
        env:
          ACTION_BUILD_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
          DISCORD_WEBHOOK_RELEASE: ${{ secrets.DISCORD_WEBHOOK_RELEASE }}

      - name: Test
        run: pnpm run ci

      - name: Build
        env:
          SYNC_DROPBOX_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.SYNC_DROPBOX_CLIENT_ID }}
          SYNC_GOOGLE_DESKTOP_ID: ${{ secrets.SYNC_GOOGLE_DESKTOP_ID }}
          SYNC_GOOGLE_DESKTOP_SECRET: ${{ secrets.SYNC_GOOGLE_DESKTOP_SECRET }}
          SYNC_ONEDRIVE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.SYNC_ONEDRIVE_CLIENT_ID }}
        run: |
          mkdir -p $ASSETS_DIR $TEMP_DIR
          pnpm build
          cd dist && zip -r ../$ASSETS_DIR/$ASSET_ZIP . && cd ..

      - uses: denoland/setup-deno@v2
        with:
          deno-version: v2.x

      - name: Publish to Edge
        run: |
          if [ "$PRERELEASE" != "true" ]; then
            if ! deno run -A https://raw.githubusercontent.com/violentmonkey/publish-edge-ext/main/main.ts $ASSETS_DIR/$ASSET_ZIP 2>"$TEMP_DIR/stderr.log"; then
              export ERROR=$(cat "$TEMP_DIR/stderr.log" 2>/dev/null || true)
              ERROR="${ERROR:-Edge publish failed}"
            fi
            export TARGET=Edge
            node scripts/notify-release.mjs
          else
            echo Skip BETA for Edge
          fi
        env:
          CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.EDGE_CLIENT_ID }}
          API_KEY: ${{ secrets.EDGE_API_KEY }}
          PRODUCT_ID: ${{ secrets.EDGE_PRODUCT_ID }}

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: Release for Edge
 
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  push:
    tags:
      - v*
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  build:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
 
      - uses: actions/checkout@v1 # v1 keeps tags
        with:
          fetch-depth: 250 # for `action-helper`
          # persist-credentials: false # not implemented in v1
 
      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
 
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
        with:
          cache: 'npm'
          node-version-file: 'package.json'
 
      - name: Prepare
        run: pnpm i && node scripts/action-helper.js
        env:
          ACTION_BUILD_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
          DISCORD_WEBHOOK_RELEASE: ${{ secrets.DISCORD_WEBHOOK_RELEASE }}
 
      - name: Test
        run: pnpm run ci
 
      - name: Build
        env:
          SYNC_DROPBOX_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.SYNC_DROPBOX_CLIENT_ID }}
          SYNC_GOOGLE_DESKTOP_ID: ${{ secrets.SYNC_GOOGLE_DESKTOP_ID }}
          SYNC_GOOGLE_DESKTOP_SECRET: ${{ secrets.SYNC_GOOGLE_DESKTOP_SECRET }}
          SYNC_ONEDRIVE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.SYNC_ONEDRIVE_CLIENT_ID }}
        run: |
          mkdir -p $ASSETS_DIR $TEMP_DIR
          pnpm build
          cd dist && zip -r ../$ASSETS_DIR/$ASSET_ZIP . && cd ..
 
      - uses: denoland/setup-deno@v2
        with:
          deno-version: v2.x
 
      - name: Publish to Edge
        run: |
          if [ "$PRERELEASE" != "true" ]; then
            if ! deno run -A https://raw.githubusercontent.com/violentmonkey/publish-edge-ext/main/main.ts $ASSETS_DIR/$ASSET_ZIP 2>"$TEMP_DIR/stderr.log"; then
              export ERROR=$(cat "$TEMP_DIR/stderr.log" 2>/dev/null || true)
              ERROR="${ERROR:-Edge publish failed}"
            fi
            export TARGET=Edge
            node scripts/notify-release.mjs
          else
            echo Skip BETA for Edge
          fi
        env:
          CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.EDGE_CLIENT_ID }}
          API_KEY: ${{ secrets.EDGE_API_KEY }}
          PRODUCT_ID: ${{ secrets.EDGE_PRODUCT_ID }}

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.

2 third-party actions are referenced by a movable tag. Pin them to the commit SHA (Latchkey resolves and applies this automatically) so a repointed tag cannot change what runs.

This workflow runs 1 job 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 pnpm/action-setup actions/setup-node