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(maint) - Update readme
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jordanbreen28 committed Sep 30, 2024
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion .github/workflows/workflow-restarter.yml
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---
name: Workflow Restarter
on:
workflow_dispatch:
workflow_call:
inputs:
repo:
description: "GitHub repository name."
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jobs:
call-reusable-workflow:
uses: puppetlabs/cat-github-actions/.github/workflows/workflow-restarter.yml@main
uses: "puppetlabs/cat-github-actions/.github/workflows/workflow-restarter.yml@main"
with:
repo: ${{ inputs.repo }}
run_id: ${{ inputs.run_id }}
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For example, the following will trigger a restart if either the `acceptance` or the `unit` jobs preceeding it fail. A restart of the failing jobs will be attempted 3 times at which point if the failing jobs continue to fail, then the workflow will be marked as failed. If, however, at any point the `acceptance` and `unit` both pass fine then the restarted workflow will be marked as successful

```yaml
on-failure-workflow-restarter-proxy:
on-failure-workflow-restarter-proxy:
# (1) run this job after the "acceptance" job and...
needs: [acceptance, unit]
# (2) continue ONLY IF "acceptance" fails
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steps:
# (3) checkout this repository in order to "see" the following custom action
- name: Checkout repository
uses: actions/checkout@v2
uses: actions/checkout@v4
# (4) "use" the custom action to retrigger the failed "acceptance job" above
# NOTE: pass the SOURCE_GITHUB_TOKEN to the custom action because (a) it must have
# this to trigger the reusable workflow that restarts the failed job; and
# (b) custom actions do not have access to the calling workflow's secrets
- name: Trigger reusable workflow
uses: ./.github/actions/workflow-restarter-proxy@main
uses: "puppetlabs/cat-github-actions/.github/actions/workflow-restarter-proxy"
env:
SOURCE_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
with:
repository: ${{ github.repository }}
run_id: ${{ github.run_id }}
```

## Appendix
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