benmarwick/rrtools

Add use_github_action

annakrystalli opened this issue · 5 comments

annakrystalli commented

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Many are using GitHub Actions for CI. For researchers, the ability to test on many systems with a single CI framework and script could lower the barrier to understanding their codes behaviour on different systems.

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Create a new use_github_action function based on usethis::use_github_action (I believe still only available in devel) (perhaps with a more limited build matrix by default) and translate the Travis build workflow.

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benmarwick commented

I agree this sounds like a very good idea that we should implement. @annakrystalli would you like to make a PR with an rtools::use_github_action that is in the spirit of our current rtools::use_travis that includes the docker container?

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annakrystalli commented

I could definitely give it a go!

It might be a couple of weeks till I can get to it though.

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nevrome commented

Excellent! There is some interesting code in #109 that could serve as an inspiration. I think Github and Gitlab use a similar setup for their CI tools?

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benmarwick commented

I think this is the way to go. Use of travis and circle is now very uncommon in the R community, with most people adopting GitHub Actions for CI. I've been using GitHub Actions on my research compendia for a while and it's been fine. I propose to remove the functions for using travis and circle from rrtools, and add a function for GitHub Actions. What do you all reckon?

wolass commented