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GitHub Actions guides
These guides for GitHub Actions include specific use cases and examples to help you configure workflows.
Get started with GitHub Actions
Discover the possibilities of GitHub Actions by creating your first workflow.Start path- 1Overview
Introduction to GitHub Actions
Learn about the core concepts and various components of GitHub Actions, and see an example that shows you how to add automation to your repository. - 2How-to guide
Finding and customizing actions
Actions are the building blocks that power your workflow. A workflow can contain actions created by the community, or you can create your own actions directly within your application's repository. This guide will show you how to discover, use, and customize actions. - 3Overview
Essential features
GitHub Actions are designed to help you build robust and dynamic automations. This guide will show you how to craft GitHub Actions workflows that include environment variables, customized scripts, and more. - 4How-to guide
Managing complex workflows
This guide shows you how to use the advanced features of GitHub Actions, with secret management, dependent jobs, caching, build matrices, environments, and labels. - 5Overview
Security hardening
Good security practices for using GitHub Actions features.
GitHub Actions learning paths
Build and test code
You can create custom continuous integration (CI) workflows right in your repository.
Automate your deployments
Learn how to automate release publishing for your project with a custom continuous deployment (CD) workflow in GitHub Actions.
Deploy to the cloud
Learn how to use GitHub Actions to build an application and deploy it to various cloud-based platforms.
Host your own runners
You can create self-hosted runners to run workflows in a highly customizable environment.
Create an action
Do you have an idea for a new action? Have you built something custom for your project? Learn how to build shareable actions and publish them to GitHub Marketplace.
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