Add option to use GitHub Actions for CI

QUESTIONS.rst

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ a description of each of the prompts.
 9. ``use_compiled_extensions``: Whether you plan to use compiled extensions in your package
 10. ``edit_on_github_extension``: Set to ``True`` to enable the edit on GitHub sphinx extension.
 11. ``github_project``: This is the GitHub identifier for the edit on GitHub extension and the changelog link extension.
-12. ``use_travis_ci``: If ``'y'`` the template will include an example ``.travis.yml`` file for the Travis CI service.
+12. ``use_gh_actions``: If ``'y'`` the template will include an example ``.github/workflows/tox-tests.yml`` file for the Github Actions CI service.
 13. ``use_read_the_docs``: If ``'y'`` the ``read_the_docs.yml`` and ``.rtd-environment.yml`` files will be included for using conda on Read the Docs.
 14. ``sphinx_theme``: The value of the ``html_theme`` variable in the sphinx configuration file.
 15. ``required_dependencies``: Comma-separated list of required dependencies

TEMPLATE_CHANGES.md

@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ be copied over manually if desired.
 - Moved as much as possible of the setup.py configuration to setup.cfg, and now require
   setuptools>=30.3. [#375]
 
-- Removed Appveyor CI option. Use ``os: windows`` in Travis CI. [#420]
+- Removed Appveyor CI option. Use ``os: windows-latest`` in Github Actions. [#420]
 
 - Refactored the template to follow the recommendations in APE 17:
   https://github.com/astropy/astropy-APEs/blob/master/APE17.rst [#438]
 
+- Switch to using Github Actions for CI; remove Travis config.
+
 - Added cron job for RST link checking [#482]
 
 2.1 (unreleased)

cookiecutter.json

@@ -10,11 +10,14 @@
     "include_example_code": "y",
     "edit_on_github_extension": "False",
     "github_project": "astropy/astropy",
-    "use_travis_ci": "y",
+    "use_gh_actions": "y",
     "use_read_the_docs": "y",
     "sphinx_theme": "astropy-bootstrap",
     "_parent_project": "astropy",
     "required_dependencies": "astropy",
     "optional_dependencies": "",
-    "minimum_python_version": ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8"]
+    "minimum_python_version": ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8"],
+    "_copy_without_render": [
+        ".github"
+    ]
 }

docs/ape17.rst

@@ -496,11 +496,10 @@ recommended approach is to use the tox file to set up the different
 configurations you want to use, and to then keep the CI configuration as simple
 as possible.
 
-If you use Travis CI, a good place to start is the ``.travis.yml`` file
-generated in :ref:`Step 0 <step-rerender>`, and you can then see if any previous customizations you had
-made need to be copied over. This file shows how one can configure Travis to use
-tox, optionally using conda via ci-helpers to set up Python on MacOS X and
-Windows.
+Github now has an integrated CI service, Github Actions. If you wish to use Actions, a good place to start
+is the ``.github/workflows/ci_tests.yml`` file generated in :ref:`Step 0 <step-rerender>`. You can then
+see if any previous customizations you had made need to be copied over. This file shows how one can configure
+Actions to use tox to test different environments with different versions of python on different platforms.
 
 Step 14 - Update ReadTheDocs configuration
 ------------------------------------------

docs/nextsteps.rst

@@ -15,37 +15,32 @@ Setting Up Continuous Integration
 
 `Continuous Integration
 <https://github.com/astropy/astropy/wiki/Continuous-Integration>`__ (CI)
-services, like Travis CI, continuously test your package
-for each commit. Every pull requests against your main repository will be
-automatically tested, and failing tests will be flagged by these services.
-
-Travis CI
-#########
-
-You should register your package on https://travis-ci.org and modify the
-``.travis.yml`` file to your needs. The default ``.travis.yml`` file contains a
-large number of builds, against various versions of Python, Astropy, and
-numpy, and you should choose the ones relevant to your project. Full documentation
-of the ``.travis.yml`` file can be found on the
-`Travis CI <https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/for-beginners/>`__ website.
-
-There  are many `example build configuations
-<https://github.com/astropy/astropy/wiki/travis-ci-test-status>`__ for
-``.travis.yml``. Generally you should aim to always have your ``master`` branch
+services continuously test your package
+for each commit. Every pull request against your main repository will be
+automatically tested and failing tests will be flagged by these services.
+
+Github Actions
+##############
+
+Github now provides an integrated CI service called `Github Actions <https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions>`__.
+The default workflows in ``.github/workflows`` show how to set up perform integration testing
+upon every push or pull request, ``ci_tests.yml``, and how to run scheduled tests via cron, ``ci_cron_weekly.yml``.
+The default ``ci_tests.yml`` file contains a large number of builds against various versions of Python, astropy, and
+numpy, and you should choose the ones relevant to your project. Generally you should aim to always have your ``master`` branch
 work with the latest stable and latest development version of astropy (i.e. the
 astropy git master branch) and the same versions of python and numpy supported
-by astropy.  The template ``.travis.yml`` covers those versions; in some
+by astropy.  The template ``ci_tests.yml`` covers those versions; in some
 circumstances you may need to limit the versions your package covers.
 
-Coveralls
-#########
+Codecov
+#######
 
-Coveralls is a web interface to monitoring what lines of code in your project
+Codecov is a web interface to monitoring what lines of code in your project
 are executed by your test suite.
 
-If you register your package with `coveralls.io <https://coveralls.io/>`_, you
-will need to uncomment the coveralls line in the ``.travis.yml`` file to enable
-upload of your coverage statistics to coveralls.
+If you register your package with `codecov.io <https://codecov.io/>`_, you
+will need to uncomment the codecov section in the ``ci_tests.yml`` file under
+``.github/workflows`` to enable upload of your coverage statistics to codecov.
 
 Read the Docs
 #############

docs/options.rst

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ a description of each of the prompts:
 #. ``use_compiled_extensions``: Whether you plan to use compiled extensions in your package
 #. ``edit_on_github_extension``: Set to ``True`` to enable the edit on GitHub sphinx extension.
 #. ``github_project``: This is the GitHub identifier for the edit on GitHub extension and the changelog link extension.
-#. ``use_travis_ci``: If ``'y'`` the template will include an example ``.travis.yml`` file for the Travis CI service.
+#. ``use_gh_actions``: If ``'y'`` the template will include an example ``.github/workflows/tox-tests.yml`` file for the Github Actions CI service.
 #. ``use_read_the_docs``: If ``'y'`` the ``read_the_docs.yml`` and ``.rtd-environment.yml`` files will be included for using conda on Read the Docs.
 #. ``sphinx_theme``: The value of the ``html_theme`` variable in the sphinx configuration file.
 #. ``required_dependencies``: Comma-separated list of required dependencies

hooks/post_gen_project.py

@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ def process_license(license_name):
 
     process_license('{{ cookiecutter.license }}')
 
-    if '{{ cookiecutter.use_travis_ci }}' != 'y':
-        remove_file('.travis.yml')
+    if '{{ cookiecutter.use_gh_actions }}' != 'y':
+        remove_dir('.github')
 
     if '{{ cookiecutter.use_read_the_docs }}' != 'y':
         remove_file('.rtd-environment.yml')

rendered.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ default_context:
   use_compiled_extensions: "y"
   edit_on_github_extension: "False"
   github_project: "astropy/astropy"
-  use_travis_ci: "y"
+  use_gh_actions: "y"
   use_read_the_docs: "y"
   sphinx_theme: "astropy-bootstrap"
   minimum_python_version: "3.6"

{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/.github/workflows/ci_cron_weekly.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# GitHub Actions workflow that runs on a cron schedule.
+
+name: Cron Scheduled CI Tests
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # run at 6am UTC on Mondays
+    - cron: '0 6 * * 1'
+
+jobs:
+  # Testing links in documents is a good example of something to run on a schedule
+  # to catch links that stop working for some reason.
+  doc_test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up Python to build docs with sphinx
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.8
+    - name: Install base dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install tox
+    - name: Check links in docs using tox
+      run: |
+        tox -e linkcheck

{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/.github/workflows/ci_tests.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# GitHub Actions workflow for testing and continuous integration.
+#
+# This file performs testing using tox and tox.ini to define and configure the test environments.
+
+name: CI Tests
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  # Github Actions supports ubuntu, windows, and macos virtual environments:
+  # https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/virtual-environments-for-github-hosted-runners
+  ci_tests:
+    name: ${{ matrix.name }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - name: Code style checks
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            python: 3.x
+            toxenv: codestyle
+
+          - name: Python 3.7 with minimal dependencies
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            python: 3.7
+            toxenv: py37-test
+
+          - name: Python 3.8 with all optional dependencies and coverage checking
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            python: 3.8
+            toxenv: py38-test-alldeps-cov
+
+          - name: OS X - Python 3.8 with all optional dependencies
+            os: macos-latest
+            python: 3.8
+            toxenv: py38-test-alldeps
+
+          - name: Windows - Python 3.8 with all optional dependencies
+            os: windows-latest
+            python: 3.8
+            toxenv: py38-test-alldeps
+
+          # - name: Python 3.7 with oldest supported version of all dependencies
+          #   os: ubuntu-16.04
+          #   python: 3.7
+          #   toxenv: py37-test-oldestdeps
+
+          # - name: Python 3.8 with latest dev versions of key dependencies
+          #   os: ubuntu-latest
+          #   python: 3.8
+          #   toxenv: py38-test-devdeps
+
+          # - name: Test building of Sphinx docs
+          #   os: ubuntu-latest
+          #   python: 3.x
+          #   toxenv: build_docs
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+    - name: Set up python ${{ matrix.python }} on ${{ matrix.os }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+    - name: Install base dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install tox codecov
+    - name: Test with tox
+      run: |
+        tox -e ${{ matrix.toxenv }}
+    # This is an example of how to upload coverage to codecov
+    # - name: Upload coverage to codecov
+    #   if: "endsWith(matrix.toxenv, '-cov')"
+    #   uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
+    #   with:
+    #     file: ./coverage.xml