action-busted

A GitHub action that uses busted to run Lua unit tests on a codebase or specific spec files

How to use

Basic usage

on: [push]

jobs:
  test-busted:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Busted tests
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Run Busted
        uses: RagedUnicorn/action-busted@[version]

Custom Path and Arguments

on: [push]

jobs:
  test-busted:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Busted tests
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Run Busted
        uses: RagedUnicorn/action-busted@[version]
        with:
            files: spec/
            args: --verbose --output=TAP

Inputs

Name	Required	Default	Description
files	no	.	Spec files or directories to run busted against. Paths are relative to the workspace root.
args	no	''	Additional command-line arguments forwarded to busted (e.g. --verbose, --output=junit).

Notes

• This action runs as a Docker container action and is therefore Linux-only (use runs-on: ubuntu-latest or any other Linux runner).
• It pulls ghcr.io/ragedunicorn/docker-busted and forwards the inputs to busted, so the busted version is pinned by the action version. To upgrade busted, upgrade the action.
• A .busted configuration file in the repository root is picked up automatically by busted.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 Michael Wiesendanger

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