🚀 GitHub Actions CI Setup Guide

A simple guide to help you set up a GitHub Action for Continuous Integration (CI) in your project.

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✨ What is GitHub Actions?

GitHub Actions lets you automate, customize, and execute your software development workflows right in your GitHub repository. It's commonly used for CI/CD pipelines.

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📁 Project Structure (Sample)

your-repo/
│
├── .github/
│ └── workflows/
│ └── ci.yml <-- Your GitHub Actions workflow file
│
├── src/
│ └── your-code.js
├── tests/
│ └── your-tests.test.js
├── package.json
└── README.md

1. In your project root, create folders:

   mkdir -p .github/workflows

2. touch .github/workflows/ci.yml add the following inside your ci.yml file

name: 🚨 Run Tests

on:
 push:
   branches: [main]
 pull_request:
   branches: [main]

jobs:
 test:
   runs-on: ubuntu-latest

   steps:
   - name: 📥 Checkout code
     uses: actions/checkout@v4

   - name: 🟢 Setup Node.js
     uses: actions/setup-node@v4
     with:
       node-version: '18'

   - name: 📦 Install dependencies
     run: npm ci

   - name: ✅ Run tests
     run: npm test