action-archiver

Github action to generate tar/zip archives

Usage

name: Build
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - production

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: 16

      - run: npm ci
      - run: npm run build

      - uses: sibiraj-s/action-archiver@v1
        with:
          working-directory: './'
          path: 'dist/**'
          format: tar # default
          output: dist.tar

Creating gzip archive:

steps:
  - uses: sibiraj-s/action-archiver@v1
    with:
      path: '**/*.js'
      format: zip
      output: dist.zip
      compression-level: 4 # default, see https://nodejs.org/api/zlib.html#class-options

Compress tar archive with gzip

steps:
  - uses: sibiraj-s/action-archiver@v1
    with:
      path: '**/*.js'
      format: tar
      gzip: true
      output: dist.tar.gz

Ignore files

steps:
  - uses: sibiraj-s/action-archiver@v1
    with:
      path: '**/*'
      output: dist.tar
      ignore: |
        **/*.md
        **/*.yml

Security

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