tagpr workflow (x-motemen/ghq)

The tagpr workflow from x-motemen/ghq, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: x-motemen/ghq.github/workflows/tagpr.yamlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the tagpr workflow from the x-motemen/ghq 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: tagpr
on:
  push:
    branches:
    - "master"
  workflow_dispatch:
permissions:
  contents: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read
jobs:
  tagpr:
    timeout-minutes: 20
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
      with:
        persist-credentials: false
    - name: setup go
      uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6.5.0
      with:
        go-version-file: go.mod
    - name: tagpr
      id: tagpr
      uses: Songmu/tagpr@e84001bd5dac8defa0c75b3913937d284a3b3660 # v1.20.0
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
    - uses: ./.github/actions/release
      with:
        tag: ${{ steps.tagpr.outputs.tag }}
        token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      if: "steps.tagpr.outputs.tag != ''"

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: tagpr
on:
  push:
    branches:
    - "master"
  workflow_dispatch:
permissions:
  contents: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  tagpr:
    timeout-minutes: 20
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
    - name: checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
      with:
        persist-credentials: false
    - name: setup go
      uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6.5.0
      with:
        go-version-file: go.mod
    - name: tagpr
      id: tagpr
      uses: Songmu/tagpr@e84001bd5dac8defa0c75b3913937d284a3b3660 # v1.20.0
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
    - uses: ./.github/actions/release
      with:
        tag: ${{ steps.tagpr.outputs.tag }}
        token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      if: "steps.tagpr.outputs.tag != ''"

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.

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 actions/setup-go