saadmk11 / saadmk11/github-actions-version-updater
Feature Request: be able to scan actions defined within a composite actions
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Description
Since composite actions are a alternative method to make the workflows more reusable, i think it would be good to add a way to check if the actions defined within have a new version.
Today, a composite action can be defined in two ways:
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In a public repository
Then, can be used in a workflow like another Github Action in the marketplace (ex: uses: actions/checkout@v3). For this case, the version updater will work without problems. -
In a private repository
For this case, you need to checkout the repo that contains the composite action using a PAT token. Then in the step, the action need be specified specified without the version (@x.x.x). The version of the composite action is determined by the ref input of the checkouted step of the composite action repo.
The problem is, in both cases, there is no way to check the versions of the actions used in the composite actions. Our projects uses a lot of these composite actions in the workflows. We used this approach because Github Actions does not support using reusable workflows from private repositores, only composite actions. There is a way to add this feature? Maybe scan the composite action file, instead of the workflow itself...
Thanks in advance.
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Research direction
Start by reading the existing workflow-scanning and version-updater paths, then inspect how composite action files and checkout steps with a ref are represented. Done means actions nested in both public and private composite actions can be discovered and checked for newer versions.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- github-actions, python
- Domain
- ci-cd, devops
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100