Hands-on GitHub Actions: Implement CI/CD with GitHub Action Workflows for Your Applications

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C. Chandrasekara, P. HerathHands-on GitHub Actionshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6464-5_9

9. Creating Custom Actions

Chaminda Chandrasekara¹   and Pushpa Herath²

(1)

Dedigamuwa, Sri Lanka

(2)

Hanguranketha, Sri Lanka

 

You must use the default actions and the community-created actions when developing various workflow needs. However, sometimes the requirements that you need to implement in a workflow are not supported by available actions. You may want to create actions to define workflows as you desire in such scenarios.

This chapter explores creating custom actions and utilizing them in GitHub Actions workflows.

Types of Actions

Actions perform specific tasks ...