Github Workflow

Adding actions from public repo

Github actions can be added to your workflow from below possible places:

• The same repository as your workflow file

• Any public repository

• A published Docker container image on Docker Hub

Public repositories can be found in github marketplace. https://github.com/marketplace/actions/

Adding actions from same repo

If an action is defined in the same repository where your workflow file uses the action, you can reference the action with either the ‌{owner}/{repo}@{ref} or ./path/to/dir syntax in your workflow file.

Example repository file structure:

|-- hello-world (repository)
|   |__ .github
|       └── workflows
|           └── my-first-workflow.yml
|       └── actions
|           |__ hello-world-action
|               └── action.yml

Save reports in artifact

Reports and log files generated in the project could be saved in an artifact using the below workflow:

- name: Upload output file
  uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
  with:
    name: output-log-file
    path: output.log

Download of this report or log file can be done from the artifact using below workflow. The download is often done using a separate workflow. If the download is supposed to be done in the same workflow file, use the needs: <upload job name> in the below workflow to specify that upload job has to run before hte download job.

steps:
- name: Download a single artifact
  uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
  with:
    name: output-log-file