GitHub Actions Notes

Advantages

• Stdandalone runner
• Parallel execution of stages
• Centralised system to set the code format, not dependent on developer system.

Disadvantages

• Has to transfer artefacts between stages

Documentation

• https://docs.github.com/en/actions
• https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions
• https://docs.github.com/en/actions/quickstart
• https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference

Workflow Samples

• https://github.com/actions/starter-workflows/tree/main/ci

C++ Samples

• https://github.com/bsamseth/cpp-project
• https://github.com/rollbear/trompeloeil/blob/master/.github/workflows/ci.yml
• https://github.com/sheredom/utf8.h/blob/master/.github/workflows/cmake.yml

Resources

• Getting Started with GitHub Actions - Mickey Gousset - NDC London 2021
• https://github.com/mickeygousset/ndclondon2021
• https://octoverse.github.com/
• https://github.com/sdras/awesome-actions