Apache Maven Shared GitHub Actions

Usage

Create GitHub workflow in project file:

.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml

with content:

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#
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# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
# specific language governing permissions and limitations
# under the License.

name: Verify

on:
  push:
  pull_request:

jobs:
  build:
    name: Verify
    uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml@v4

Events that can trigger workflows

In such configuration workflow can be executed in the same time twice for two separate events.

It can occurs when we create PR for branch from the same repository, we have two events:

• push on branch
• pull_request on PR for the same branch

In order to minimize resource consumptions shared workflow from version v2 detect such situation and skips the execution for pull_request event if PR is created for local branch.

Only workflow for PR from external forks will be executed.

Breaking changes in V3

• replace maven_version by maven-matrix and ff-maven
• rename maven_args to maven-args
• remove not used verify-site-goal

Additional configurations

Attach logs on failure

We can store some logs of execution in case of failure as workflow attachments:

...
    uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml@v4
    with:
      failure-upload-path: |
        **/target/surefire-reports/*

Excludes from build matrix:

...
    uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml@v4
    with:
      matrix-exclude: >
        [ 
          {"jdk": "8"},   # exclude jdk 8 from all builds
          {"os": "windows-latest"}, # exclude windows from all builds
          {"jdk": "8", "os": "windows-latest"} # exclude jkd 8 on windows
        ]

Change default goals

...
    uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml@v4
    with:
      ff-goal: 'install'
      verify-goal: 'install -P run-its'

Testing against different Maven versions

...
    uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml@v4
    with:
      ff-maven: "3.8.6"                     # Maven version for fail-fast-build
      maven-matrix: '[ "3.2.5", "3.8.6" ]'  # Maven versions matrix for verify builds

Testing with Maven 4

...
    uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml@v4
    with:
      maven4-enabled: true
      maven4-version: 'xxx'    # only needed if you want to override default
      verify-goal: 'verify'    # only needed if project doesn't have a run-its profile

Build with Maven 4 only

...
    uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml@v4
    with:
      maven4-build: true

Disable matrix build - only fail-fast build

...
    uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml@v4
    with:
      matrix-enabled: false

More options

More options with default values can be found in workflow source in inputs section:

https://github.com/apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/blob/v4/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml

Release drafter configuration

Only default branch

We need to add an action:

.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml

with content:

# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
# distributed with this work for additional information
# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
# specific language governing permissions and limitations
# under the License.
   
name: Release Drafter
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  update_release_draft:
    uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml@v4

and configuration:

.github/release-drafter.yml

with content:

# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
# distributed with this work for additional information
# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
# specific language governing permissions and limitations
# under the License.

_extends: maven-gh-actions-shared

tag-template: <project-tag-prefix>-$RESOLVED_VERSION

Multiple versions from multiple branches

We need change a branch name in .github/workflows/release-drafter.yml in each branch:

name: Release Drafter
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - branch-name # <---
  workflow_dispatch:

First release from new branch

When we create new branch for old version, release drafter will, can not find the previous release.

We need a change a target_commitish for the latest release.

Example for maven-clean-plugin

Release 3.4.0 was done form master branch, next we create new branch for 3.x - maven-clean-plugin-3.x

Release 3.4.0 has old target_commitish

gh api /repos/apache/maven-clean-plugin/releases/tags/maven-clean-plugin-3.4.0

...
"id": 161340667, <-- needed for update
"tag_name": "maven-clean-plugin-3.4.0",
"target_commitish": "master", <-- shold be new branch
...

We need update it, by:

gh api --method PATCH /repos/apache/maven-clean-plugin/releases/161340667 -f "target_commitish=refs/heads/maven-clean-plugin-3.x"

pre-release, beta versions

To have a pre-release, beta versions we need add to .github/release-drafter.yml

include-pre-releases: true
prerelease: true

Specific configuration per branch

When we need to have different configuration for each branch we need create a new release-drafter configuration in default branch ❗❗❗️

When configuration name is different then default, we need specified configuration name from shared repository:

_extends: maven-gh-actions-shared:.github/release-drafter.yml
...

Next in each branch we need provide new configuration name in action:

  update_release_draft:
    uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml@v4
    with:
      config-name: '<config-name-per-branch>' 

Pull Request Automation

Create GitHub workflow in project file:

.github/workflows/pr-automation.yml

with content:

# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
# distributed with this work for additional information
# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
# specific language governing permissions and limitations
# under the License.

name: PR Automation
on:
  pull_request_target:
    types:
      - closed

jobs:
  pr-automation:
    name: PR Automation
    uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/pr-automation.yml@v4

We need a use pull_request_target event because we need GITHUB_TOKEN with write permission to update labels, milestones of PR from forked repositories.

After merged:

• default label - maintenance will be added
• current milestone will be set

milestone configuration

We need exactly one open milestone in order to detect which is current.

If we need more than one open milestone, we have to add a branch to the milestone description

branch: <branch name>

This identifies the default for that branch.

Labels synchronization

We can synchronize labels for all Maven repositories by action: Labels sync

Labels list are in file: ./.github/labels.js

Action require GitHub token which will be used for performing updates. Please create new Personal access tokens (classic) with repo scope.

Management of stale issues and PRs

We need an action in project:

.github/workflows/stale.yml

with body:

# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
# distributed with this work for additional information
# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
# specific language governing permissions and limitations
# under the License.

name: Stale

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '15 3 * * *'
  issue_comment:
    types: [ 'created' ]

jobs:
  stale:
    uses: 'apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/stale.yml@v4'

The cron time definition can be randomly changed to avoid executing at the same time in all project.

Issues and PRs with waiting-for-feedback label

• will be marked as stale after 60 days
• will be closed after next 30 days
• items with milestone or labels priority:blocker, priority:critical will not be checked
• waiting-for-feedback label will be removed after comments

Resources

• Workflow syntax
• Reusing workflows