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Run GitHub Action on multiple environments


I want to run GitHub Actions on more than one environment, let's say on Windows and Linux. I managed to do it with Travis CI, but I could not find information about how to do it with GitHub Actions.

Has anyone tried it?

This is my nodejs.yml.

name: Node CI

on: [push]

jobs:
    build:
        runs-on: ubuntu-latest

        strategy:
            matrix:
                node-version: [12.x]

        steps:
            - uses: actions/checkout@v1
            - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
              uses: actions/setup-node@v1
              with:
                  node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
            - name: npm install
              run: |
                  npm ci
            - name: prettier format check
              run: |
                  npm run prettier-check
            - name: lint format check
              run: |
                  npm run lint-check
            - name: build, and test
              run: |
                  npm run build
                  npm test --if-present
              env:
                  CI: true

Solution

  • You can use a matrix strategy:

    https://docs.github.com/en/actions/writing-workflows/choosing-what-your-workflow-does/running-variations-of-jobs-in-a-workflow#about-matrix-strategies

    and

    https://docs.github.com/en/actions/writing-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstrategy

    name: Node CI
    
    on: [push]
    
    jobs:
        build:
            runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    
            strategy:
                matrix:
                    os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
                    node-version: [12.x]
    
            steps:
                - uses: actions/checkout@v1
                - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
                  uses: actions/setup-node@v1
                  with:
                      node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
                - name: npm install
                  run: |
                      npm ci
                - name: prettier format check
                  run: |
                      npm run prettier-check
                - name: lint format check
                  run: |
                      npm run lint-check
                - name: build, and test
                  run: |
                      npm run build
                      npm test --if-present
                  env:
                      CI: true