Create a GitHub Action for your package

Overview

Teaching: 1 min
Exercises: 1 min

Questions

• How can I use the application I just packaged as a GitHub Action?

Objectives

• Create a separate repository to define your action

• Write action.yml and README.md

• Publish to the GitHub Marketplace.

Example: https://github.com/vemonet/sparql-operations-action

Might be a bit too advanced at the moment and not that relevant: people at IDS don’t need to publish their applications as GitHub Actions. We could just mention they can do it and propose pointers

Create a repository from template

• first step

Configure repository permissions

• first step

Configure SSH

• first step

Key Points

• When creating a GitHub repository keep permissions in mind.

• Templates are a quick way to scaffold your application.