CQA Samples Validation Action

This is a work in progress.

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Objective

Build a custom action that can:

1. checkout a target samples repository
2. validate the default build workflow
3. run optional test workflows
4. write result artifacts to a specified folder in local repo

where the action is invoked with:

• inputs = config file listing one or targets
• outputs = artifacts folder (with each target in a subfolder)

and action can be triggered by:

• manual dispatch (browser)
• regular schedule (cron)
• push commits to branch (change to config file)
• pull requests (change to config file)

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Motivation

Add this custom action to the cqa-dashboard and have it be triggered to run on a regular schedule (e.g., nightly), followed by a second action that fetches the latest artifacts and rebuilds the dashboard.

• moves from push to pull model for report updates
• moves from individual to reusable action for build testing
• moves from personal access token to org-level or default GITHUB_TOKEN usage

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References

• Create custom actions
• Create JS action - w/ GitHub Actions Toolkit Node.js module
• Publishing actions in marketplace
• Github Actions Toolkit - with javascript-action template
• GitHub Reusable Workflows & Custom Actions
• GitHub Actions for VS Code

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