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How Tos Managing custom actions - GitHub Docs

Provides instructions for managing custom GitHub Actions, including updating, versioning, and maintaining action repositories.

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How Tos Managing custom actions - GitHub Docs

Provides instructions for managing custom GitHub Actions, including updating, versioning, and maintaining action repositories.

When To Use

Use when you need to update, version, or maintain the lifecycle of custom GitHub Actions you have created or published.

Reference Files

FileContainsUse For
SKILL.mdEntry point: scope, routing table, and workflow.Start here.
docs/actions-how-tos-create-and-publish-managing-custom-github-docs-workflow-guide.mdA guide detailing how to choose locations, ensure platform compatibility, and use release management for custom GitHub Actions.Questions about a guide detailing how to choose locations, ensure platform compatibility, and use release management for custom GitHu...
examples/actions-how-tos-create-and-publish-managing-custom-github-docs-github-ac.textA YAML workflow snippet demonstrating how to use and manage custom GitHub Actions within a workflow file.Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A YAML workflow snippet demonstrating how to use and manage custom GitHub Actions within a workflow file.
examples/actions-how-tos-create-and-publish-managing-custom-github-docs-github-ac-2.textA YAML workflow snippet demonstrating how to use and manage custom GitHub Actions within a workflow file.Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A YAML workflow snippet demonstrating how to use and manage custom GitHub Actions within a workflow file.
examples/actions-how-tos-create-and-publish-managing-custom-github-docs-github-ac-3.textA YAML workflow example demonstrating how to use and manage custom GitHub Actions within a workflow file.Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A YAML workflow example demonstrating how to use and manage custom GitHub Actions within a workflow file.
examples/actions-how-tos-create-and-publish-managing-custom-github-docs-github-ac-4.textA YAML workflow snippet demonstrating how to reference and use a custom GitHub Action within a job step.Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A YAML workflow snippet demonstrating how to reference and use a custom GitHub Action within a job step.

What This Skill Covers

    • GitHub Actions / - How-tos / - Create and publish actions / - Manage custom actions
  • Main sections: In this article, Choosing a location for your action, Ensuring compatibility with other platforms, Using release management for actions, Using tags for release management.

Workflow

  1. Open the most relevant file under docs/ for the exact documented workflow and wording.
  2. Open schemas/ files for exact structured contracts.
  3. Open examples/ files for concrete requests, commands, snippets, and manifests.
  4. Do not add behavior or configuration that is not present in the attached source files.

Canonical source: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/create-and-publish-actions/manage-custom-actions