Github-actions
Reopening pull requests and GITHUB_ACTOR
Today I learned that the GITHUB_ACTOR on a re-opened pull request reflects the person re-opening it, not the original creator. Over on the Community Guidelines content for SAP's Open Documentation...
read postUnpacking Bash shell tips from a GitHub Actions workflow
Someone shared a GitHub Actions workflow step which was written to find out some pull request info, but I thought even the first couple of shell lines, using IFS and awk, were worth staring at for a...
read postGitHub Actions workflow browser
I wrote a simple workflow browser to help me refer to previous workflow definitions while I'm writing a new one, as I'm still learning the syntax and techniques. With a programming or definition...
read postMainframes, SDSF and GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions workflows, mainframes and SDSF. I can't get the combination out of my head. I started my computing adventure at the age of 11 on a minicomputer (see Computer Unit 1979) and then IBM...
read postMass deletion of GitHub Actions workflow runs
Implementing a simple cleanup script for workflow runs, using gh, jq, fzf and the GitHub API Yesterday, while thinking aloud, I was wondering how best to mass-delete logs from GitHub Actions workflow...
read postcontinue-on-error can prevent a job step failure causing an action failure
Use continue-on-error: true in a GitHub Actions job spec to prevent failures from being flagged when a job step fails. For me, high (non-zero) return codes don't always necessarily denote failure;...
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