gh-action-retry

A simple retry loop for bash in GitHub actions.

Usage tl;dr

uses: klothoplatform/gh-action-retry@v1
with:
  script: |
    echo "Some script that may intermittently fail. For example:"
    exit "$(( $(date +%s) % 3 ))"  # exit with a random code from 0 to 2

Options

name	required?	default	description
script	yes		the bash script to run
max-attempts	no	5	how many attempts before the step exits out with failure
sleep-seconds	no	0	how many seconds to wait between attempts
description	no	"Script"	used to identify the step in the GitHub error, if all the attempts fail
working-directory	no	.	working directory for the script
bash-options	no	-euo pipefail	set options to use while executing the script ⚠️

^{⚠️ : bash-options are not sanitized, so if you provide this input, use a hard-coded value or a highly-trusted source. (Needless to say, the same applies for the script itself.)}