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GitHub Actions: Use YAML anchors #98

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13 changes: 2 additions & 11 deletions .github/workflows/test.yml
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Expand Up @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
name: build (${{ matrix.runs-on }})
needs: phar
strategy:
matrix:
matrix: &matrix
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GitHub Actions does not support YAML anchors and aliases. While the YAML syntax &matrix is valid YAML, GitHub Actions workflow parser will not process this anchor, and the subsequent alias reference *matrix on line 160 will fail. This will cause the workflow to fail when it runs.

To avoid duplication, consider one of these alternatives:

  1. Use a reusable workflow to share common matrix configurations
  2. Keep the matrix definition duplicated in both jobs (current working approach)
  3. Use a composite action if the entire job logic can be shared

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include:
- runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
variant: linux_arm64
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name: e2e (${{ matrix.runs-on }})
needs: build
strategy:
matrix:
include:
- runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
variant: linux_arm64
- runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
variant: linux_amd64
- runs-on: macos-15
variant: darwin_arm64
- runs-on: macos-15-intel
variant: darwin_amd64
matrix: *matrix
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This YAML alias reference *matrix will not work in GitHub Actions workflows. GitHub Actions does not support YAML anchors and aliases, so this reference to the anchor defined on line 90 will fail, causing the workflow to error.

The matrix configuration needs to be explicitly defined here, as it was before this change.

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matrix: *matrix
matrix:
include:
- runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
variant: linux_arm64
spc-variant: linux-aarch64
- runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
variant: linux_amd64
spc-variant: linux-x86_64
- runs-on: macos-15
variant: darwin_arm64
spc-variant: macos-aarch64
- runs-on: macos-15-intel
variant: darwin_amd64
spc-variant: macos-x86_64

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runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
env:
GOFLAGS: '-mod=mod'
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