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feat: generate a manual page automatically with cobra/doc (#2352)
Add a command line switch "--man-page" to print an automatically
generated manual page to stdout.

Co-authored-by: ChristopherHX <christopher.homberger@web.de>
2024-09-11 20:49:13 +00:00
.github build(deps): bump megalinter/megalinter from 7.13.0 to 8.0.0 (#2436) 2024-08-26 03:14:52 +00:00
.vscode fix: update artifact server to address GHSL-2023-004 (#1565) 2023-01-16 21:01:54 +00:00
cmd feat: generate a manual page automatically with cobra/doc (#2352) 2024-09-11 20:49:13 +00:00
pkg fix: schema validation for job if functions (#2446) 2024-09-10 11:14:47 -07:00
.actrc feat: support custom GITHUB_RUN_ID, GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER (#369) 2020-09-22 14:13:29 -07:00
.codespellrc Add codespell support (config, workflow to detect/not fix) and make it fix few typos (#2296) 2024-04-19 09:22:45 +00:00
.editorconfig ci(choco): update chocolatey to 1.1.0 (#1164) 2022-05-23 19:05:49 +00:00
.gitignore revert auto changelog generator 2022-06-20 17:02:49 -07:00
.gitleaksignore build(deps): bump megalinter/megalinter from 5 to 6.11.0 (#1370) 2022-10-04 22:53:18 +00:00
.golangci.yml chore: upgrade golangci-lint and address findings (#1904) 2023-07-10 17:12:12 -07:00
.goreleaser.yml Add riscv64 binary release (#2350) 2024-06-05 14:13:59 +00:00
.markdownlint.yml ci: replace superlinter with megalinter (#923) 2021-12-22 09:29:43 -08:00
.mega-linter.yml feat: add check for newer versions (#1562) 2023-01-15 10:30:41 +00:00
.mergify.yml ci: automatic merge PRs created by a maintainer and approved by 1 other maintainer (#2156) 2024-01-19 07:04:05 -08:00
.prettierignore Update docs, file formatting and docker images (#766) 2021-08-09 09:07:26 -07:00
.prettierrc.yml Update docs, file formatting and docker images (#766) 2021-08-09 09:07:26 -07:00
CODEOWNERS Update CODEOWNERS to use 'act-maintainers' team 2021-03-29 10:22:33 -07:00
CONTRIBUTING.md Mention act user guide in act (#1973) 2023-08-17 14:43:17 +00:00
IMAGES.md chore: remove repetitive words (#2259) 2024-03-28 23:14:53 +00:00
LICENSE Update docs, file formatting and docker images (#766) 2021-08-09 09:07:26 -07:00
Makefile Remove `archives.replacements` in `goreleaser.yaml` (#1895) 2023-07-10 17:15:16 +00:00
README.md fix: logo and demo asset urls (#2226) 2024-02-24 02:47:55 +00:00
VERIFICATION Fix 132 - support for chocolatey install (#144) 2020-03-09 17:49:55 -07:00
VERSION chore: bump VERSION to 0.2.67 2024-09-10 18:17:07 +00:00
act-cli.nuspec Fix 132 - support for chocolatey install (#144) 2020-03-09 17:49:55 -07:00
codecov.yml Actions Artifacts v4 backend (#2224) 2024-05-20 20:00:04 +00:00
go.mod feat: generate a manual page automatically with cobra/doc (#2352) 2024-09-11 20:49:13 +00:00
go.sum feat: generate a manual page automatically with cobra/doc (#2352) 2024-09-11 20:49:13 +00:00
install.sh fix: update install.sh (#937) 2021-12-27 16:18:30 +00:00
main.go feat: add check for newer versions (#1562) 2023-01-15 10:30:41 +00:00

README.md

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"Think globally, act locally"

Run your GitHub Actions locally! Why would you want to do this? Two reasons:

  • Fast Feedback - Rather than having to commit/push every time you want to test out the changes you are making to your .github/workflows/ files (or for any changes to embedded GitHub actions), you can use act to run the actions locally. The environment variables and filesystem are all configured to match what GitHub provides.
  • Local Task Runner - I love make. However, I also hate repeating myself. With act, you can use the GitHub Actions defined in your .github/workflows/ to replace your Makefile!

How Does It Work?

When you run act it reads in your GitHub Actions from .github/workflows/ and determines the set of actions that need to be run. It uses the Docker API to either pull or build the necessary images, as defined in your workflow files and finally determines the execution path based on the dependencies that were defined. Once it has the execution path, it then uses the Docker API to run containers for each action based on the images prepared earlier. The environment variables and filesystem are all configured to match what GitHub provides.

Let's see it in action with a sample repo!

Demo

Act User Guide

Please look at the act user guide for more documentation.

Support

Need help? Ask on Gitter!

Contributing

Want to contribute to act? Awesome! Check out the contributing guidelines to get involved.

Manually building from source

  • Install Go tools 1.20+ - (https://golang.org/doc/install)
  • Clone this repo git clone git@github.com:nektos/act.git
  • Run unit tests with make test
  • Build and install: make install