actions-setup/README.md

Setup Earthly - GitHub Action

This repository contains an action for use with GitHub Actions, which installs earthly with a semver-compatible version.

The package is installed into /home/runner/.earthly (or equivalent on Windows) and the bin subdirectory is added to the PATH.

Usage

Full example:

name: GitHub Actions CI

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  tests:
    name: example earthly test
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: earthly/actions-setup@v1
        with:
          version: "latest" # or pin to an specific version, e.g. "v0.6.10"
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Docker login # to avoid dockerhub rate-limiting
        run: docker login --username "${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}" --password "${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}"
      - name: what version is installed?
        run: earthly --version
      - name: run the earthly hello world
        run: earthly github.com/earthly/hello-world:main+hello

Install the latest version of earthly:

- name: Install earthly
  uses: earthly/actions-setup@v1

Install a specific version of earthly:

- name: Install earthly
  uses: earthly/actions-setup@v1
  with:
    version: 0.6.1

Install a version that adheres to a semver range

- name: Install earthly
  uses: earthly/actions-setup@v1
  with:
    version: ^0.6.0

Testing

You can perform a local test by running earthly +all.

It is also possible to use act to test the contents of the github actions config.

Configuration

The action can be configured with the following arguments:

• version - The version of earthly to install. Default is latest. Accepts semver style values.
• github-token (optional) - Token used to query earthly versions.
• prerelease (optional) - allow prerelease versions.
• use-cache (optional) - whether to use the cache to store earthly or not.