Github Template Renderer

A GitHub Action for rendering GitHub Templates written with the Jinja2 templating language.

Usage

Develop action

• Modify action.yml to describe the action
• Modify index.js to pass action inputs to the Python script
• Set the version of Python required in index.js

      // Setup Python from the tool cache
      setupPython("3.8.0", "x64");
  

• Add Python dependencies to requirements.txt
• Add Python dependencies to environment.yml

Install dependencies

conda env create
conda activate ght-render-dev
npm install

Package for distribution

npm run build

Note: Packaging the action is necessary even when making changes to the Python source code in src. Changes made will be packaged into dist.

Release

1. Commit the dist directory changes to master
2. Tag the commit or make a GitHub release

License

MIT