github actions reusable workflow example

To create a template or reusable workflow, we probably need to understand how to 

1. create the template

2. call or use the template 

In this example, we will create a pipeline that does some fake pre-requisite thing and then perform dotnet build. 

Creating the template

To create the template that accepts some input, you can use this example here. Notice how we use the input variables.

// dotnet-workflow.yaml

on:

 workflow_call:

   inputs:

      message:

        type: string

        required: true

      message2:

        type: string

jobs:

  build:

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:

      - name: build dotnet

        run: |

            echo ${{ inputs.message }}

            echo ${{ inputs.message2 }}

To use/apply this template from the pipeline, under the job call prerequisite, we uses dotnet-workflow.yaml that is defined in a branch called "feat/template-resable-workflow".

 

name: dotnet package

on: [push]

jobs:

  prerequisite:

    uses: mitzenjeremywoo/githubaction_work/.github/workflows/dotnet-workflow.yaml@

feat/template-resable-workflow

    with:

       message: "message1"

       message2: "message2"