GitHub Actions is an automation platform integrated in GitHub that allows creating CI/CD workflows directly from the repository.

What is GitHub Actions?

GitHub Actions allows automating software workflows by creating actions that run in response to repository events.

.github/workflows/ci.yml File

Basic Workflow

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name: CI

on:
  push:
    branches: [ main ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ main ]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
    
    - name: Setup Node.js
      uses: actions/setup-node@v3
      with:
        node-version: '18'
        
    - name: Install dependencies
      run: npm install
      
    - name: Run tests
      run: npm test
      
    - name: Build
      run: npm run build

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