CENG-250: Add an option to utilise executable for Cloudsmith CLI instead of installing python

.github/workflows/generate-exec.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: Generate Executable
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+
+      - name: Install pip
+        run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+
+      - name: Install shiv
+        run: pip install shiv
+
+      - name: Generate Executable
+        run: shiv -c cloudsmith -o ./cloudsmith cloudsmith-cli
+
+      - name: Commit and push if it's updated
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
+          git add cloudsmith
+          git diff --quiet && git diff --staged --quiet || (git commit -m "Update executable"; git push)

README.md

@@ -2,10 +2,27 @@
 
 Push packages easily to your [Cloudsmith](https://cloudsmith.com) repositories, using the [Cloudsmith CLI](https://pypi.org/project/cloudsmith-cli/).
 
-## Cloudsmith CLI
+## Cloudsmith CLI and Executable
 
-This action uses the Cloudsmith CLI and intends to be as similar
-to its structure and terminology as possible.
+This action now supports both the Cloudsmith CLI and the new Cloudsmith executable. The Cloudsmith executable allows you to use Cloudsmith without needing to install it via pip, making it easier to integrate into your workflows.
+
+From v0.6.9, we default the action to use the executable instead of having to install python, if you wish to use the old workflow, you can do so by specifying `executable: "false"`. This will attempt to download python and use pip to install the Cloudsmith-cli instead.
+
+```yaml
+...
+      - name: Push
+        id: push
+        uses: cloudsmith-io/action@master
+        with:
+          api-key: ${{ secrets.CLOUDSMITH_API_KEY }}
+          command: "push"
+          format: "maven"
+          owner: "cloudsmith"
+          repo: "actions"
+          republish: "true"
+          file: "test/fixture/cloudsmith-maven-example-1.0.0.jar"
+          executable: "false" # Add this to use pip instead
+```
 
 **Supported:**
 

action.yml

@@ -98,22 +98,30 @@ inputs:
     description: "The tags for the package, comma seperated"
     required: false
     default: none
+  use-executable:
+    description: "All: If true, the pre-packaged executable will be used instead of Python install and pip install."
+    required: false
+    default: "true"
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
     - name: Setup Python
+      if: inputs.use-executable == 'false'
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: '3.x'
     - name: Install cloudsmith-cli and cloudsmith-api ...
-      if: inputs.skip-install-cli == 'false'
+      if: inputs.skip-install-cli == 'false' && inputs.use-executable == 'false'
       shell: bash
       run: |
         pip install \
         cloudsmith-api${{ inputs.api-version != 'none' && format('=={0}', inputs.api-version) || ''}} \
         cloudsmith-cli${{ inputs.cli-version != 'none' && format('=={0}', inputs.cli-version) || ''}} \
     - name: Run Entrypoint
       shell: bash
+      env:
+        USE_EXECUTABLE: ${{ inputs.use-executable }}
+        GITHUB_ACTION_PATH: ${{ github.action_path }}
       run: |
         bash ${{ github.action_path }}/entrypoint.sh \
         -k ${{ inputs.api-key }} \

entrypoint.sh

@@ -191,7 +191,11 @@ function execute_push {
     extra="${options["extra"]}"
   }
 
-  local request="cloudsmith push ${options["action"]} ${options["format"]} $context ${options["file"]} $params $extra $tags"
+  local executable="cloudsmith"
+  if [ "$USE_EXECUTABLE" = "true" ]; then
+    executable="${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/cloudsmith"
+  fi
+  local request="$executable push ${options["action"]} ${options["format"]} $context ${options["file"]} $params $extra $tags"
   echo $request
   eval $request
 }