action-post-run's Introduction

Post-Run GitHub action

A simple GitHub action that enables running post-run steps, once a workflow job has ended.

Inputs

`run`

Required A command that needs to be run. Default echo "This is a post-run step...".

Example usage

Latest version: 3.1.0

name: Build

on:
  push:
    branches: [ master ]

env:
  GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}

jobs:
  something:
    name: Do something...
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    
      - uses: webiny/[email protected]
        id: post-run-command
        with:
          run: echo "this thing works!"

      - uses: webiny/[email protected]
        id: another-post-run-command
        with:
          run: echo "this thing works again!"
          working-directory: not-required-but-you-can-provide-it

      - name: 'Running an non-existing command will fail...'
        run: run something that does not exist;

This above configuration will produce the following:

ℹ️ Note the order of execution. The run: echo "this thing works again!" was executed before the run: echo "this thing works!" command.

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Explain what this does better than the native syntax?

It's hard to grasp why this action exists, as this feature set is built into Actions today. If this provides a value not provided by GitHub Actions syntax you should add it to the documentation.

The documentation's example runs exactly the same, and much faster, written as the following:

jobs:
  something:
    name: Do something...
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    
      - id: post-run-command
        needs: non-existent-command
        if: ${{ always() }}
        run: echo "this thing works!"

      - id: another-post-run-command
        needs: non-existent-command
        if: ${{ always() }}
        run: echo "this thing works again!"
        working-directory: not-required-but-you-can-provide-it

      - id: non-existent-command
        name: 'Running an non-existing command will fail...'
        run: run something that does not exist;