Spelling workflow (xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf)

The Spelling workflow from xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Spelling workflow from the xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf 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

name: Spelling

on:
  push:
    branches:
    - production
  pull_request: null
  workflow_dispatch: null

concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true

jobs:
  typos_check:
    name: Typos
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: ${{ github.triggering_actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v4

    - name: Check spelling
      uses: crate-ci/typos@v1.32.0

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Spelling
 
on:
  push:
    branches:
    - production
  pull_request: null
  workflow_dispatch: null
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  typos_check:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Typos
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    if: ${{ github.triggering_actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
    - name: Check spelling
      uses: crate-ci/typos@v1.32.0
 

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.
• 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 per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow