GitHub Action written in Python

This is a Python template for GitHub actions, allowing using Python to inject Python modules into GitHub Actions.

This template is designed for those with basic knowledge of Python 3.

Warning: Python 3.x scripting support is not an Actions built-in.

Please be careful using this template, as GitHub does not offer support for this example. This project was designed to provide extended code support for GitHub Actions.

Note: On Windows, the action will occur on WSL which means all commands in the workflows that depend on a Python action must run on WSL (therefore use Unix paths). But why? Because this action uses bash as the shell, which on Windows basically starts a WSL session, but on Linux, starts a Bash shell.

How to use

Click here to create a new Python action. This opens the GitHub generation interface, which creates a new repository containing the contents of this repository.

After creating your Python action, delete this README and create a new one to describe your action, the options it can handle, and an example of using it.

Metadata is in the action.yml file, just like most other GitHub actions. Edit src/action.py to change what your workflow does.

How it works

This GitHub action works as a composite script. It:

1. Installs dependencies. Python support for GitHub Actions offers the Python package manager, pip. requirements.txt and src/requirements.txt will be installed if one of them exist.
2. Runs the code for the action from ${{github.action_path}}/src.