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Our Weekly Snack: Let's a create a fun GitHub Action

GitHub Actions is like a recipe book for your code. You write down the steps to build, test and release it, and GitHub Actions follows them automatically whenever you need, saving you time and effort.

Now let's say,

Imagine you're working on a critical project, and your team takes code quality very seriously. To prevent silly mistakes, you set up this hilarious GitHub Action.

  • A developer, let's call them "Sasha," accidentally modifies an untouchable file and submits a pull request.
  • The GitHub Action springs into action!
  • Instead of simply closing the pull request, it posts a hilarious comment:
Hey Sasha, you can't touch the untouchable files ๐Ÿ™ˆ. Instead move them out of "x" directory.

This is just a simple and fun example. But you can do a lot more.

You can also create a Github Action to,

  • ๐ŸŒ… Automatically compresses JPEGs, PNGs and WebPs in Pull Requests or
  • โœ๏ธ To help validate your source code by enforcing consistent coding style and identifying potential issues.
  • ๐Ÿ“ฆ Help cache dependencies (libraries your code relies on) across workflow

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