Hello GitHub Actions

Create and run a GitHub Actions workflow.

Welcome

Automation is key for streamlining your work processes, and GitHub Actions is the best way to supercharge your workflow.

• Who is this for: Developers, DevOps engineers, students, managers, teams, GitHub users.
• What you'll learn: How to create workflow files, trigger workflows, and find workflow logs.
• What you'll build: An Actions workflow that will check emoji shortcode references in Markdown files.
• Prerequisites: In this course you will work with issues and pull requests, as well as edit files. We recommend you take the Introduction to GitHub course first.
• How long: This course can be finished in less than two hours.

In this course, you will:

1. Create a workflow
2. Add a job
3. Add a run step
4. Merge your pull request
5. See effect of the workflow

How to start this course

1. Right-click Start course and open the link in a new tab.

2. In the new tab, most of the prompts will automatically fill in for you.

   • For owner, choose your personal account to host the repository.
   • Cnd click the Create fork button at the bottom of the form.

3. After your new repository is created, open the docs/1-create-a-workflow.md document in your repository and follow the instructions from there.

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This lab is based on the Hello GitHub Actions lab by GitHub Training.

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