Create Your First Custom GitHub Action

This video is part 8 in my Introduction to GitHub Actions video series. At this point we have a workflow that runs on both a pull request and another on a push to the default branch. But what we are seeing is that we are running some of the same steps in each workflow. We want to create a custom "composite" action that allows us to put all that code in one spot, and reference it from multiple places. That's were building a custom action comes in. There are three different types of custom actions, and for this instance we are using a "composite" custom action. This video will also be helpful in preparing for the GitHub Actions certification exam. Demo Repo: https://github.com/devopselvis/my-github-actions-presentation ============================================================ 🕔 TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 1:27 Review PR and Push to Main Workflows 3:36 Build custom composite action 10:58 Use the composite action 17:01 Watch me try and get fancy and break the demo (sort of) 19:45 Wrap-up ============================================================ 🎥 INTRODUCTION TO GITHUB ACTIONS VIDEO SERIES ▶️ Part 1 - Your First GitHub Actions Workflow - https://youtu.be/xZyeAWawyVk ▶️ Part 2 - Chaining Jobs Together In A Workflow - https://youtu.be/4A1g8tyKPi4 ▶️ Part 3 - The GitHub Context Object and Variables - https://youtu.be/nNItXK3xd2s ▶️ Part 4 - The GitHub Marketplace - https://youtu.be/JYOGmLzMbpM ▶️ Part 5 - Run A Workflow Against A Pull Request - https://youtu.be/ClLKbB_59Ec ▶️ Part 6 - Repository Rulesets - https://youtu.be/ZTbM-h9RZOo ▶️ Part 7 - Deploy Your App Using GitHub Actions - https://youtu.be/_NPY3wGHnK4 ▶️ Part 8 - Create Your First Custom GitHub Action - https://youtu.be/zQdEsIBbVjE ▶️ Part 9 - Create Your First Reusable Workflow - https://youtu.be/gDBZGCGSs6E ▶️ Part 10 - Concurrency - https://youtu.be/JhBCHRtKcik ▶️ Part 11 - Trigger on a Custom Event - https://youtu.be/TmuqKFdh6kw ▶️ Part 12 - Masking Variables and Secrets - https://youtu.be/p7aOmRJ0qcY =========================================================== 🌐 FIND ME 👉 Blog: https://mickeygousset.com 👉 GitHub: https://github.com/mickeygousset 👉 Twitter: https://twitter.com/mickey_gousset