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Add a step to the workflow file #3

Add a step to the workflow file

Add a step to the workflow file #3

Workflow file for this run

name: Step 3, Add actions
# This step triggers after every push to welcome-workflow.
# This workflow updates from step 3 to step 4.
# This will run every time we push to welcome-workflow.
# Reference: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/events-that-trigger-workflows
on:
workflow_dispatch:
push:
branches:
- welcome-workflow
# Reference: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/automatic-token-authentication
permissions:
# Need `contents: read` to checkout the repository.
# Need `contents: write` to update the step metadata.
contents: write
jobs:
# Get the current step to only run the main job when the learner is on the same step.
get_current_step:
name: Check current step number
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- id: get_step
run: |
echo "current_step=$(cat ./.github/steps/-step.txt)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
outputs:
current_step: ${{ steps.get_step.outputs.current_step }}
on_add_actions:
name: On add actions
needs: get_current_step
# We will only run this action when:
# 1. This repository isn't the template repository.
# 2. The step is currently 3.
# Reference: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/contexts
# Reference: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/expressions
if: >-
${{ !github.event.repository.is_template
&& needs.get_current_step.outputs.current_step == 3 }}
# We'll run Ubuntu for performance instead of Mac or Windows.
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
# We'll need to check out the repository so that we can edit the README.
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
fetch-depth: 0 # Let's get all the branches.
# Verify the learner added the file contents.
- name: Check workflow contents, steps
uses: skills/action-check-file@v1
with:
file: ".github/workflows/welcome.yml"
search: "steps:"
# In README.md, switch step 3 for step 4.
- name: Update to step 4
uses: skills/action-update-step@v2
with:
token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
from_step: 3
to_step: 4
branch_name: welcome-workflow