[Feature Request] Support for self-hosted runners, where gh client might not be present

[calexandre]

On a self-hosted runner environment a lot of common tools are not available, such as the gh cli.

One workaround is to ensure an extra action that installs the gh before running the project-beta-automations action, but it would be nice for the action to test if the gh cli is present, and if not, download it from GitHub.

Below is the workaround we implemented in our org to allow the action to run in our self-hosted environment:

jobs:
  issue_opened_or_reopened:
    name: issue_opened_or_reopened
    runs-on: [self-hosted, ubuntu]
    if: github.event_name == 'issues' && (github.event.action == 'opened' || github.event.action == 'reopened')
    steps:
      - name: Install gh
        run: |
          curl -fsSL https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg | sudo dd of=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg
          echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null
          sudo apt update
          sudo apt install gh
      - name: Move issue to Backlog
        uses: leonsteinhaeuser/project-beta-automations@v1.2.1
        with:
          gh_app_secret_key: ${{ secrets.GH_PROJ_AUTOMATION_KEY }}
          gh_app_ID: ${{ secrets.GH_PROJ_AUTOMATION_APP_ID }}
          gh_app_installation_ID: ${{ secrets.GH_PROJ_AUTOMATION_INSTALL_ID }}
          organization: ${{ env.gh_organization }}
          project_id: ${{ env.project_id }}
          resource_node_id: ${{ github.event.issue.node_id }}
          status_value: Backlog

[leonsteinhaeuser]

@calexandre first of all, thank you for sharing your experience and solution for self-hosted runners. I must honestly admit that I have never tested with self-hosted runners, but it definitely makes sense that this tool is not installed. I will implement this as soon as possible and provide you with a solution.