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actions-create-build-artifact

Overview

Simply utility to execute a build-command, tar a bunch of files (with include and exclude options), and upload it as a github artifact (with a randomly generated name).

Outputs

ARTIFACT_NAME: The name of the artifact (to be used by the download-artifact action)

Usage

jobs:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout source
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Create backend artifact
        uses: sarink-software/actions-create-build-artifact@main
        id: build
        # Optional
        # with:
        #   build-command: cd backend && npm run build
        #   include: docker-compose.yml backend
        #   exclude: frontend .git

      - name: Use the artifact for something
        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
        with:
          name: ${{ steps.build.outputs.ARTIFACT_NAME }}

Optional Inputs

build-command: The command to execute before tar ing the artifact (default: npm run build)

include: Files to include (default: .)

exclude: Files to exclude (default: .git)