actions/README.md

ivuorinen/actions - My Reusable GitHub Actions and Workflows

Overview

This repository contains a collection of reusable GitHub Actions designed to streamline CI/CD processes and ensure code quality.

Each action is fully self-contained and can be used independently in any GitHub repository.

Key Features

• Production-Ready Actions covering setup, linting, building, testing, and deployment
• Self-Contained Design - each action works independently without dependencies
• External Usage Ready - use any action with pinned refs: ivuorinen/actions/action-name@2025-01-15 or @<commit-sha> for supply-chain security
• Multi-Language Support including Node.js, PHP, Python, Go, C#, and more
• Standardized Patterns with consistent error handling and input/output interfaces
• Comprehensive Testing with dual testing framework (ShellSpec + pytest)
• Modular Build System using Makefile for development and maintenance

📚 Action Catalog

This repository contains 43 reusable GitHub Actions for CI/CD automation.

Quick Reference (43 Actions)

Icon	Action	Category	Description	Key Features
📦	ansible-lint-fix	Linting	Lints and fixes Ansible playbooks, commits changes, and uplo...	Token auth, Outputs
✅	biome-check	Linting	Run Biome check on the repository	Token auth, Outputs
✅	biome-fix	Linting	Run Biome fix on the repository	Token auth, Outputs
🛡️	codeql-analysis	Other	Run CodeQL security analysis for a single language with conf...	Auto-detection, Token auth, Outputs
💾	common-cache	Repository	Standardized caching strategy for all actions	Caching, Outputs
📦	common-file-check	Repository	A reusable action to check if a specific file or type of fil...	Outputs
🔄	common-retry	Repository	Standardized retry utility for network operations and flaky ...	Outputs
🖼️	compress-images	Repository	Compress images on demand (workflow_dispatch), and at 11pm e...	Token auth, Outputs
📝	csharp-build	Build	Builds and tests C# projects.	Auto-detection, Outputs
📝	csharp-lint-check	Linting	Runs linters like StyleCop or dotnet-format for C# code styl...	Auto-detection, Outputs
📦	csharp-publish	Publishing	Publishes a C# project to GitHub Packages.	Auto-detection, Token auth, Outputs
📦	docker-build	Build	Builds a Docker image for multiple architectures with enhanc...	Caching, Auto-detection, Token auth, Outputs
☁️	docker-publish	Publishing	Publish a Docker image to GitHub Packages and Docker Hub.	Auto-detection, Outputs
📦	docker-publish-gh	Publishing	Publishes a Docker image to GitHub Packages with advanced se...	Caching, Auto-detection, Token auth, Outputs
📦	docker-publish-hub	Publishing	Publishes a Docker image to Docker Hub with enhanced securit...	Caching, Auto-detection, Outputs
📝	dotnet-version-detect	Setup	Detects .NET SDK version from global.json or defaults to a s...	Auto-detection, Outputs
✅	eslint-check	Linting	Run ESLint check on the repository with advanced configurati...	Caching, Outputs
📝	eslint-fix	Linting	Fixes ESLint violations in a project.	Token auth, Outputs
🏷️	github-release	Repository	Creates a GitHub release with a version and changelog.	Outputs
📦	go-build	Build	Builds the Go project.	Caching, Auto-detection, Outputs
📝	go-lint	Linting	Run golangci-lint with advanced configuration, caching, and ...	Caching, Outputs
📝	go-version-detect	Setup	Detects the Go version from the project's go.mod file or def...	Auto-detection, Outputs
🖥️	node-setup	Setup	Sets up Node.js env with advanced version management, cachin...	Caching, Auto-detection, Token auth, Outputs
📦	npm-publish	Publishing	Publishes the package to the NPM registry with configurable ...	Outputs
🖥️	php-composer	Testing	Runs Composer install on a repository with advanced caching ...	Auto-detection, Token auth, Outputs
💻	php-laravel-phpunit	Testing	Setup PHP, install dependencies, generate key, create databa...	Auto-detection, Token auth, Outputs
✅	php-tests	Testing	Run PHPUnit tests on the repository	Token auth, Outputs
📝	php-version-detect	Setup	Detects the PHP version from the project's composer.json, ph...	Auto-detection, Outputs
✅	pr-lint	Linting	Runs MegaLinter against pull requests	Caching, Auto-detection, Token auth, Outputs
📦	pre-commit	Linting	Runs pre-commit on the repository and pushes the fixes back ...	Auto-detection, Token auth, Outputs
✅	prettier-check	Linting	Run Prettier check on the repository with advanced configura...	Caching, Outputs
📝	prettier-fix	Linting	Run Prettier to fix code style violations	Token auth, Outputs
📝	python-lint-fix	Linting	Lints and fixes Python files, commits changes, and uploads S...	Caching, Auto-detection, Token auth, Outputs
📝	python-version-detect	Setup	Detects Python version from project configuration files or d...	Auto-detection, Outputs
📝	python-version-detect-v2	Setup	Detects Python version from project configuration files usin...	Auto-detection, Outputs
📦	release-monthly	Repository	Creates a release for the current month, incrementing patch ...	Token auth, Outputs
🔀	set-git-config	Setup	Sets Git configuration for actions.	Token auth, Outputs
📦	stale	Repository	A GitHub Action to close stale issues and pull requests.	Token auth, Outputs
🏷️	sync-labels	Repository	Sync labels from a YAML file to a GitHub repository	Token auth, Outputs
🖥️	terraform-lint-fix	Linting	Lints and fixes Terraform files with advanced validation and...	Token auth, Outputs
🛡️	validate-inputs	Other	Centralized Python-based input validation for GitHub Actions...	Token auth, Outputs
📦	version-file-parser	Utilities	Universal parser for common version detection files (.tool-v...	Auto-detection, Outputs
✅	version-validator	Utilities	Validates and normalizes version strings using customizable ...	Auto-detection, Outputs

Actions by Category

🔧 Setup (7 actions)

Action	Description	Languages	Features
📝 dotnet-version-detect	Detects .NET SDK version from global.json or defau...	C#, .NET	Auto-detection, Outputs
📝 go-version-detect	Detects the Go version from the project's go.mod f...	Go	Auto-detection, Outputs
🖥️ node-setup	Sets up Node.js env with advanced version manageme...	Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript	Caching, Auto-detection, Token auth, Outputs
📝 php-version-detect	Detects the PHP version from the project's compose...	PHP	Auto-detection, Outputs
📝 python-version-detect	Detects Python version from project configuration ...	Python	Auto-detection, Outputs
📝 python-version-detect-v2	Detects Python version from project configuration ...	Python	Auto-detection, Outputs
🔀 set-git-config	Sets Git configuration for actions.	-	Token auth, Outputs

🛠️ Utilities (2 actions)

Action	Description	Languages	Features
📦 version-file-parser	Universal parser for common version detection file...	-	Auto-detection, Outputs
✅ version-validator	Validates and normalizes version strings using cus...	-	Auto-detection, Outputs

📝 Linting (13 actions)

Action	Description	Languages	Features
📦 ansible-lint-fix	Lints and fixes Ansible playbooks, commits changes...	Ansible, YAML	Token auth, Outputs
✅ biome-check	Run Biome check on the repository	JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON	Token auth, Outputs
✅ biome-fix	Run Biome fix on the repository	JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON	Token auth, Outputs
📝 csharp-lint-check	Runs linters like StyleCop or dotnet-format for C#...	C#, .NET	Auto-detection, Outputs
✅ eslint-check	Run ESLint check on the repository with advanced c...	JavaScript, TypeScript	Caching, Outputs
📝 eslint-fix	Fixes ESLint violations in a project.	JavaScript, TypeScript	Token auth, Outputs
📝 go-lint	Run golangci-lint with advanced configuration, cac...	Go	Caching, Outputs
✅ pr-lint	Runs MegaLinter against pull requests	-	Caching, Auto-detection, Token auth, Outputs
📦 pre-commit	Runs pre-commit on the repository and pushes the f...	-	Auto-detection, Token auth, Outputs
✅ prettier-check	Run Prettier check on the repository with advanced...	JavaScript, TypeScript, Markdown, YAML, JSON	Caching, Outputs
📝 prettier-fix	Run Prettier to fix code style violations	JavaScript, TypeScript, Markdown, YAML, JSON	Token auth, Outputs
📝 python-lint-fix	Lints and fixes Python files, commits changes, and...	Python	Caching, Auto-detection, Token auth, Outputs
🖥️ terraform-lint-fix	Lints and fixes Terraform files with advanced vali...	Terraform, HCL	Token auth, Outputs

🧪 Testing (3 actions)

Action	Description	Languages	Features
🖥️ php-composer	Runs Composer install on a repository with advance...	PHP	Auto-detection, Token auth, Outputs
💻 php-laravel-phpunit	Setup PHP, install dependencies, generate key, cre...	PHP, Laravel	Auto-detection, Token auth, Outputs
✅ php-tests	Run PHPUnit tests on the repository	PHP	Token auth, Outputs

🏗️ Build (3 actions)

Action	Description	Languages	Features
📝 csharp-build	Builds and tests C# projects.	C#, .NET	Auto-detection, Outputs
📦 docker-build	Builds a Docker image for multiple architectures w...	Docker	Caching, Auto-detection, Token auth, Outputs
📦 go-build	Builds the Go project.	Go	Caching, Auto-detection, Outputs

🚀 Publishing (5 actions)

Action	Description	Languages	Features
📦 csharp-publish	Publishes a C# project to GitHub Packages.	C#, .NET	Auto-detection, Token auth, Outputs
☁️ docker-publish	Publish a Docker image to GitHub Packages and Dock...	Docker	Auto-detection, Outputs
📦 docker-publish-gh	Publishes a Docker image to GitHub Packages with a...	Docker	Caching, Auto-detection, Token auth, Outputs
📦 docker-publish-hub	Publishes a Docker image to Docker Hub with enhanc...	Docker	Caching, Auto-detection, Outputs
📦 npm-publish	Publishes the package to the NPM registry with con...	Node.js, npm	Outputs

📦 Repository (8 actions)

Action	Description	Languages	Features
💾 common-cache	Standardized caching strategy for all actions	-	Caching, Outputs
📦 common-file-check	A reusable action to check if a specific file or t...	-	Outputs
🔄 common-retry	Standardized retry utility for network operations ...	-	Outputs
🖼️ compress-images	Compress images on demand (workflow_dispatch), and...	-	Token auth, Outputs
🏷️ github-release	Creates a GitHub release with a version and change...	-	Outputs
📦 release-monthly	Creates a release for the current month, increment...	-	Token auth, Outputs
📦 stale	A GitHub Action to close stale issues and pull req...	-	Token auth, Outputs
🏷️ sync-labels	Sync labels from a YAML file to a GitHub repositor...	-	Token auth, Outputs

Feature Matrix

Action	Caching	Auto-detection	Token auth	Outputs
ansible-lint-fix	-	-	✅	✅
biome-check	-	-	✅	✅
biome-fix	-	-	✅	✅
codeql-analysis	-	✅	✅	✅
common-cache	✅	-	-	✅
common-file-check	-	-	-	✅
common-retry	-	-	-	✅
compress-images	-	-	✅	✅
csharp-build	-	✅	-	✅
csharp-lint-check	-	✅	-	✅
csharp-publish	-	✅	✅	✅
docker-build	✅	✅	✅	✅
docker-publish	-	✅	-	✅
docker-publish-gh	✅	✅	✅	✅
docker-publish-hub	✅	✅	-	✅
dotnet-version-detect	-	✅	-	✅
eslint-check	✅	-	-	✅
eslint-fix	-	-	✅	✅
github-release	-	-	-	✅
go-build	✅	✅	-	✅
go-lint	✅	-	-	✅
go-version-detect	-	✅	-	✅
node-setup	✅	✅	✅	✅
npm-publish	-	-	-	✅
php-composer	-	✅	✅	✅
php-laravel-phpunit	-	✅	✅	✅
php-tests	-	-	✅	✅
php-version-detect	-	✅	-	✅
pr-lint	✅	✅	✅	✅
pre-commit	-	✅	✅	✅
prettier-check	✅	-	-	✅
prettier-fix	-	-	✅	✅
python-lint-fix	✅	✅	✅	✅
python-version-detect	-	✅	-	✅
python-version-detect-v2	-	✅	-	✅
release-monthly	-	-	✅	✅
set-git-config	-	-	✅	✅
stale	-	-	✅	✅
sync-labels	-	-	✅	✅
terraform-lint-fix	-	-	✅	✅
validate-inputs	-	-	✅	✅
version-file-parser	-	✅	-	✅
version-validator	-	✅	-	✅

Language Support

Language	Actions
.NET	csharp-build, csharp-lint-check, csharp-publish, dotnet-version-detect
Ansible	ansible-lint-fix
C#	csharp-build, csharp-lint-check, csharp-publish, dotnet-version-detect
Docker	docker-build, docker-publish, docker-publish-gh, docker-publish-hub
Go	go-build, go-lint, go-version-detect
HCL	terraform-lint-fix
JSON	biome-check, biome-fix, prettier-check, prettier-fix
JavaScript	biome-check, biome-fix, eslint-check, eslint-fix, node-setup, prettier-check, prettier-fix
Laravel	php-laravel-phpunit
Markdown	prettier-check, prettier-fix
Node.js	node-setup, npm-publish
PHP	php-composer, php-laravel-phpunit, php-tests, php-version-detect
Python	python-lint-fix, python-version-detect, python-version-detect-v2
Terraform	terraform-lint-fix
TypeScript	biome-check, biome-fix, eslint-check, eslint-fix, node-setup, prettier-check, prettier-fix
YAML	ansible-lint-fix, prettier-check, prettier-fix
npm	npm-publish

Action Usage

All actions can be used independently in your workflows:

# Recommended: Use pinned refs for supply-chain security
- uses: ivuorinen/actions/action-name@2025-01-15 # Date-based tag
  with:
    # action-specific inputs

# Alternative: Use commit SHA for immutability
- uses: ivuorinen/actions/action-name@abc123def456 # Full commit SHA
  with:
    # action-specific inputs

Security Note: Always pin to specific tags or commit SHAs instead of @main to ensure reproducible workflows and supply-chain integrity.

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Usage

Using Actions Externally

All actions in this repository can be used in your workflows like any other GitHub Action.

⚠️ Security Best Practice: Always pin actions to specific tags or commit SHAs instead of @main to ensure:

• Reproducibility: Workflows behave consistently over time
• Supply-chain integrity: Protection against unexpected changes or compromises
• Immutability: Reference exact versions that cannot be modified

steps:
  - name: Setup Node.js with Auto-Detection
    uses: ivuorinen/actions/node-setup@2025-01-15 # Date-based tag
    with:
      default-version: '20'

  - name: Detect PHP Version
    uses: ivuorinen/actions/php-version-detect@abc123def456 # Commit SHA
    with:
      default-version: '8.2'

  - name: Universal Version Parser
    uses: ivuorinen/actions/version-file-parser@2025-01-15
    with:
      language: 'python'
      tool-versions-key: 'python'
      dockerfile-image: 'python'
      version-file: '.python-version'
      default-version: '3.12'

Actions achieve modularity through composition:

steps:
  - name: Parse Version
    id: parse-version
    uses: ivuorinen/actions/version-file-parser@2025-01-15
    with:
      language: 'node'
      tool-versions-key: 'nodejs'
      dockerfile-image: 'node'
      version-file: '.nvmrc'
      default-version: '20'

  - name: Setup Node.js
    uses: actions/setup-node@sha
    with:
      node-version: ${{ steps.parse-version.outputs.detected-version }}

Development

This repository uses a Makefile-based build system for development tasks:

# Full workflow - docs, format, and lint
make all

# Individual operations
make docs          # Generate documentation for all actions
make format        # Format all files (markdown, YAML, JSON)
make lint          # Run all linters
make check         # Quick syntax and tool checks

# Development workflow
make dev           # Format then lint (good for development)
make ci            # CI workflow - check, docs, lint

Python Development

For Python development (validation system), use these specialized commands:

# Python development workflow
make dev-python         # Format, lint, and test Python code
make test-python        # Run Python unit tests
make test-python-coverage  # Run tests with coverage reporting

# Individual Python operations
make format-python      # Format Python files with ruff
make lint-python        # Lint Python files with ruff

The Python validation system (validate-inputs/) includes:

• CalVer and SemVer Support: Flexible version validation for different schemes
• Comprehensive Test Suite: Extensive test cases covering all validation types
• Security Features: Command injection and path traversal protection
• Performance: Efficient Python regex engine vs multiple bash processes

Testing

# Run all tests (Python + GitHub Actions)
make test

# Run specific test types
make test-python           # Python validation tests only
make test-actions          # GitHub Actions tests only
make test-action ACTION=node-setup  # Test specific action

# Coverage reporting
make test-coverage         # All tests with coverage
make test-python-coverage  # Python tests with coverage

For detailed development guidelines, see CLAUDE.md.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.