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jerome
jerome

Reputation: 63

github actions - Private Composite action POST fail

Issue:

Pulling a private repo that contains several actions will fail in the POST phase with error message:

 Error: Can't find 'action.yml', 'action.yaml' or 'Dockerfile' under '/home/runner/work/testjerome/testjerome/.github/actions/package_and_push_to_ECR'. Did you forget to run actions/checkout before running your local action?

Example to reproduce it:

- name: Check out main repository
  uses: actions/checkout@v2

- name: Get composite run steps repository
  uses: actions/checkout@v2
  with:
    repository: myorg/myaction
    # Select revision
    ref: v1.0.0
    # Personal access token to check out private repository
    token: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
    # Indicate where to check action out to
    path: .github/actions

- name: Run action from private repo
  uses: ./.github/actions/myAction

This example assumes that "myorg/myaction" is a private github repo with 1 folder having 1 file like this: myAction/action.yml

Question:

Would any one know how to avoid that issue, while still having several actions in a repo ? (yes, I could create 1 repo per action ... but this is going to be messy)

References:

This is a follow up from the comments from How do you use a composite action that exists in a private repository?

As well as this github issue (can't find the issue itself in github): https://githubmemory.com/repo/actions/runner/issues/1300

Someone did setup a reproducible example: https://github.com/rethab/composite-action-user

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1364

Answers (1)

jerome
jerome

Reputation: 63

Ignore the question - found the github issue link: https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/1300

I'll wait until someone helps there

Also, as the issue is "because we do a checkout action in the remote action", the workaround I'm now using is:

  • remove that checkout
  • upload the files I need from the caller job, and download them from the callee ... silly workaround for a silly issue

Upvotes: 1

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