GitHub Actions in action

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GitHub Actions launches as a GitHub-integrated CI/CD and automation platform released 13 November and is free for public repos while private-repo minutes and storage incur quotas and mac minutes cost 10× linux. Workflows use YAML with triggers (push, PR, schedule, repository_dispatch), matrices, services (Docker), secrets, step outputs and annotations; actions are JS or Docker (Docker runners Linux only) and can run locally via act. Examples: auto-label issues, create PRs, make releases and upload assets.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 2:47GitHub Actions at a glance
3. 18:58Triggers
4. 21:44Referencing actions
5. 26:27Docker containers
6. 28:49Secrets
7. 30:50Action to action 1/0
8. 33:00Conditionals
9. 38:41actions/github-script
10. 40:36JavaScript-based actions
11. 43:43Docker-based actions
12. 44:41Special commands
13. 45:24Summary

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