This action can be used to build latex documents with make. The texlive-latex-extra texlive-fonts-extra texlive-bibtex-extra biber make git packages are installed on the base ubuntu image, so everything can be used that is available in the ubuntu base image or installed by these packages. My focus is on pdflatex and biber as I am using these tools.
Basically it calls make in the root directory of the repository, so the build process can be configured within the Makefile. An example makefile is the
Path of the directory that contains the makefile relative to the root of the repository.
name: test
on: [push]
jobs:
test-example:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
- uses: antaljanosbenjamin/build-latex-with-make@master
For further examples check the test workflow.