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Setup Deno

v2.0.0 Latest version

Setup Deno

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Setup Deno

Setup Deno by installing, downloading, and adding it to the path

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: Setup Deno

              
  uses: denoland/[email protected]
Learn more about this action in denoland/setup-deno

Choose a version

setup-deno

Set up your GitHub Actions workflow with a specific version of Deno.

Usage

Latest stable for a major

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

Latest stable for any major

Targets the latest major, minor and patch version of Deno.

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

Specific stable

- uses: denoland/setup-deno@v2
  with:
    deno-version: "1.8.2"

Semver range

- uses: denoland/setup-deno@v2
  with:
    deno-version: "~1.7"

Latest canary

- uses: denoland/setup-deno@v2
  with:
    deno-version: canary

Specific canary

- uses: denoland/setup-deno@v2
  with:
    deno-version: e7b7129b7a92b7500ded88f8f5baa25a7f59e56e

Latest release candidate

- uses: denoland/setup-deno@v2
  with:
    deno-version: rc

Specific release candidate

- uses: denoland/setup-deno@v2
  with:
    deno-version: 2.0.0-rc.1

Version from file

The extension can also automatically read the version file from .tool-versions

- uses: denoland/setup-deno@v2
  with:
    deno-version-file: .tool-versions

The extension can also automatically read the file from dvm.

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

Specifying binary name

This is useful when you want to install different versions of Deno side by side.

- uses: denoland/setup-deno@v2
  with:
    deno-version: canary
    deno-binary-name: deno_canary

Determining the release channel

You can determine the release channel reading back the release-channel output.

Valid values are stable, canary and rc.

- uses: denoland/setup-deno@v2
  id: deno
  with:
    deno-version: canary

- run: echo "Deno release channel is ${{ steps.deno.outputs.release-channel }}"

Determining the installed version

You can determine the installed version reading back the deno-version output.

For canary versions, the output will be in the form 0.0.0-GIT_HASH.

For stable and rc versions, the output will be the regular semver version number.

- uses: denoland/setup-deno@v2
  id: deno
  with:
    deno-version: canary

- run: echo "Deno version is ${{ steps.deno.outputs.deno-version }}"