Merge PR #207 from webwarrior-ws/dynamic-uses-action

Add "dynamic uses" action to the repository root so it can be
referenced and used in Github workflows. The action is originally
from [1] and is a workaround to problem outlined in [2].

[1] https://github.com/jenseng/dynamic-uses
[2] https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/25246

Author: knocte

.github/workflows/CI.yml

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ on:
 env:
   DOTNET_ROLL_FORWARD: Major
   TYPESCRIPT_VERSION: "5.8.3"
+  CHECKOUT_ACTION_VERSION: "4"
 
 jobs:
   build-fs:
@@ -21,7 +22,9 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: "ubuntu:24.04"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: nblockchain/conventions@main
+        with:
+          uses: actions/checkout@v${{ env.CHECKOUT_ACTION_VERSION }}
       - name: Install required dependencies
         run: |
           apt update
@@ -50,7 +53,9 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: "ubuntu:24.04"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: nblockchain/conventions@main
+        with:
+          uses: actions/checkout@v${{ env.CHECKOUT_ACTION_VERSION }}
       - name: Install required dependencies
         run: |
           apt update
@@ -76,7 +81,9 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: "ubuntu:24.04"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: nblockchain/conventions@main
+        with:
+          uses: actions/checkout@v${{ env.CHECKOUT_ACTION_VERSION }}
       - name: Install required dependencies
         run: |
           apt update
@@ -114,7 +121,9 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: "ubuntu:24.04"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: nblockchain/conventions@main
+        with:
+          uses: actions/checkout@v${{ env.CHECKOUT_ACTION_VERSION }}
       - name: Install required dependencies
         run: |
           apt update
@@ -167,11 +176,14 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt install --yes --no-install-recommends git
           # workaround for https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/2033
           git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: nblockchain/conventions@main
         with:
-          submodules: recursive
-          # needed because of commit-lint, see https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/issues/3376
-          fetch-depth: 0
+          uses: actions/checkout@v${{ env.CHECKOUT_ACTION_VERSION }}
+          with: |
+            {
+              "submodules": "recursive",
+              "fetch-depth": 0
+            }
       - name: Print versions
         run: |
           git --version

action.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: Dynamic Uses
+description: Dynamically resolve and use another GitHub action. Workaround for https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/895
+author: Jon Jensen
+inputs:
+  uses:
+    description: Action reference or path, e.g. `actions/setup-node@v3`
+    required: true
+  with:
+    description: 'JSON-ified `inputs` for the action, e.g. `{"node-version": "18"}`'
+    required: false
+    default: "{}"
+outputs:
+  outputs:
+    description: 'JSON-ified `outputs` from the action, e.g. `{"node-version": "v18.12.0", "cache-hit": true}`'
+    value: ${{ steps.run.outputs.outputs }}
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Setup
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        mkdir --parents ./.tmp-dynamic-uses &&
+        cat <<'DYNAMIC_USES_EOF' >./.tmp-dynamic-uses/action.yml
+        outputs:
+          outputs:
+            value: ${{ '$' }}{{ toJSON(steps.run.outputs) }}
+        runs:
+          using: composite
+          steps:
+          - run: rm --recursive --force ./.tmp-dynamic-uses
+            shell: bash
+          - name: Run
+            id: run
+            uses: ${{ inputs.uses }}
+            with: ${{ inputs.with || '{}' }}
+        DYNAMIC_USES_EOF
+    - name: Run
+      id: run
+      uses: ./.tmp-dynamic-uses
+    - name: Cleanup
+      if: always() && steps.run.outcome != 'success'
+      shell: bash
+      run: rm --recursive --force ./.tmp-dynamic-uses