This action provides setup routines to use build2 with GitHub Workflows. Currently Linux, MacOS and Windows based runners are supported.

After using setup-build2-github-action all build2 related command line tools - like b or bdep - are available within your runner.

steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
- uses: build2/setup-build2-github-action@v2
- run: bdep init -C @gcc cc config.cxx=g++
- run: b
- run: b test

The action also provides parameters to customize the build2 toolset for your runner:

• build2-version: Version of build2 which should be installed. Default is latest. Can also be staged or a specific version like 0.14.0.
• build2-windows-compiler: Used in Windows runners only. Defines the compiler which is used to build build2. Default is msvc. Can also be mingw or clang.

- uses: build2/setup-build2-github-action@v2
  with:
    build2-version: staged
    build2-windows-compiler: mingw