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Demo 2 - Workflow Inputs #3

Demo 2 - Workflow Inputs

Demo 2 - Workflow Inputs #3

Workflow file for this run

# This is a basic workflow that is manually triggered
# Display name of workflow
name: Demo 2 - Workflow Inputs
# Controls when the action will run. Workflow runs when manually triggered using the UI or API.
on:
workflow_dispatch:
# Inputs the workflow accepts.
inputs:
name:
# Friendly description to be shown in the UI instead of 'name'
description: 'Person to greet'
# Default value if no value is explicitly provided
default: 'World'
# Input has to be provided for the workflow to run
required: true
# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
jobs:
# This workflow contains a single job called "greet"
greet:
# The type of runner that the job will run on, in this case a Linus hosted runner
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
# Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
steps:
# Runs a single command using the runners shell
- name: Send greeting
run: echo "Hello ${{ github.event.inputs.name }}" # Outputs the input parameter, by accessing the github context object