github actions faqs

Working with different stage does not mean you have access to the previous stage that download code repository

Github action different stage that runs will not have access to code downloaded or checkout from previous. Something that tripped me while trying to reuse create a reusable workflow template. 

Stages that does not specified "needs" it will run one after another (sequentially)

Here we have build and containerize stage. without specifying needs, build will run first and then containerize. 

jobs:

  build:

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:

      - name: Checkout code

        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Setup dotnet

        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4

        with:

          dotnet-version: '${{ inputs.dotnet-version }}'

 

  containerize:

     

    permissions:

      contents: read

      packages: write

 

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:

      - name: Checkout repository

        uses: actions/checkout@v4

     

      - name: Set up Docker Buildx

        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3

How do you create a package from a dotnet build? 

You can refer to the following code to publish a nuget package. Every new runs will set the version number accordingly. Of course, you can specify  your own version number as well.

    steps:

      - name: Checkout code

        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Set version from pipeline run

        run: echo "PACKAGE_VERSION=1.0.${{ github.run_number }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV

      - name: Setup dotnet and package endpoint

        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4

        with:

          dotnet-version: '${{ inputs.dotnet-version }}'

          source-url: https://nuget.pkg.github.com/${{ github.repository_owner }}/index.json

        env:

          NUGET_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}

     

      - name: debug packages

        run: ls -al ${{ github.workspace }}

     

      - name: Restore build and package all .NET projects

        run: |

          for proj in $(find . -name "*.csproj"); do

            echo "Building $proj"

            dotnet restore "$proj"

            dotnet build "$proj" --no-restore --configuration Release

            dotnet pack "$proj" --configuration Release --no-build -p:Version=${{ env.PACKAGE_VERSION }} --output ./nupkgs

          done

      - name: debug packages

        run: ls -al ${{ github.workspace }}

     

      - name: Publish to GitHub Packages

        run: dotnet nuget push ./nupkgs/*.nupkg  --source https://nuget.pkg.github.com/${{ github.repository_owner }}/index.json --skip-duplicate