Run and post run Action

A simple GitHub action that allows you to execute commands on place and in post-run, once a workflow job has ended.

Linked GitHub issue.

Usage

jobs:
  run-some-action:
    name: Run action
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Run this action
        uses: gacts/run-and-post-run@v1
        with:
          run: echo "First"
              "(can be multiline)"
          post: |
            echo "First post"
            echo "(can run multiply commands)"
            ls -la /tmp \
              /bin /opt

      - name: Run this action with only post
        uses: gacts/run-and-post-run@v1
        with:
          post: echo "Second post"

This above configuration will produce the following:

Customizing

Inputs

Following inputs can be used as step.with keys:

Name	Type	Default	Required	Description
run	string or list		no	A commands that needs to be run in place.
post	string or list		yes	A commands that needs to be run once a workflow job has ended.
working-directory	string		no	A working directory from which the command needs to be run.
shell	string	bash	no	A shell to use for executing run commands.
post-shell	string		no	A shell to use for executing post commands. Defaults to value of shell.

Releasing

New versions releasing scenario:

• Make required changes in the changelog file
• Build the action distribution (make build or yarn build)
• Commit and push changes (including dist directory changes - this is important) into the main branch
• Publish new release using repo releases page (git tag should follow vX.Y.Z format)

Major and minor git tags (v1 and v1.2 if you publish v1.2.Z release) will be updated automatically.

Support

If you find any action errors, please, make an issue in the current repository.

License

This is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT License.