GitHub Action for managing shepherd leases

Usage

This action abstracts claiming and unclaiming shepherd leases.

.github/workflows/test.yml provides a good starting point.

Development

Open with VisualStudion Code
- Check if Dev Containers extension is installed.
Create .secrets file with real API token.
- echo "API_TOKEN: $(shepherd create service-account gha-shepherd --json | jq -r .secret)" >> .secrets
- Local workflow dev runner act injects content of .env and .secrets into workflow execution context.
Open project inside the dev container.
Run make run to start.

Deployment

To upload variables and secrets to the default remote repo for the current branch. PROCEED WITH CARE use make repo-context-setup. This will overwrite remote vaules with local from .env and .secrets

ADR

Parameter validation happens inside shell script, inputs in [./action.yml] are maximum permissive.