GitHub Action
Tar Ops Action
v1.0.1
Latest version
GitHub action for running tar operations in actions workflows.
| Action Input | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| operation | true | Specifies the tar operation to run. Options are: compress (alias = c) OR extract (alias = x) | |
| files | true | Specifies the files to compress OR a single tar archive to extract. List syntax supported (see example below.) | |
| outPath | true | Specifies the output tar file OR the directory to extract files to. | |
| cwd | false | action working dir | Specifies the current working directory for operations (will be prepended to files and outPath if they're not absolute.) |
Simple tar archive creation and artifact upload:
name: My Workflow
on: [push]
jobs:
create-archive:
name: tar
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: nxtlvlsoftware/tar-ops-action@v1
with:
operation: compress
files: |
My-Repo/index.ts
My-Repo/src
My-Repo/node_modules
outPath: My-Repo-Sources.tar.gz
- name: Upload artifacts
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
with:
name: My-Repo-Sources-Compressed
path: My-Repo-Sources.tar.gz
retention-days: 1Then download and extract your archive in another run step:
name: My Workflow 2
on: [push]
jobs:
setup-php:
name: tar extract
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Download all artifacts from this action run
uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
with:
path: ./
- uses: nxtlvlsoftware/tar-ops-action@v1
with:
operation: extract
files: ./My-Repo-Sources.tar.gz
outPath: ./My-Repo-SourcesAllows checking-out your repo, running dependency management commands, code linting and other build/compile time steps, then re-using the processed code across multiple steps without running all the prerequisites again.
nxtlvlsoftware/tar-ops-action is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.