/devbox-install-action

devbox-install-action

This action downloads the devbox CLI and installs the Nix packages defined in your devbox.json.

version tests

Example Workflow

name: Testing with devbox

on: push

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Install devbox
        uses: jetpack-io/devbox-install-action@v0.7.0

      - name: Run arbitrary commands
        run: devbox run -- echo "done!"

      - name: Run a script called test
        run: devbox run test

Configure Action

Action Inputs

Input argument description default
project-path Path to the folder that contains a valid devbox.json repo's root directory
enable-cache Cache the entire Nix store in github based on your devbox.json false
refresh-cli Specify whether the CLI should be redownloaded false
devbox-version Specify devbox CLI version you want to pin to. Only supports >0.2.2 latest
sha256-checksum Specify an explicit checksum for the devbox binary
disable-nix-access-token Disable configuration of nix access-tokens with the GitHub token used in the workflow false

Example Configuration

Here's an example job with all inputs:

- name: Install devbox
  uses: jetpack-io/devbox-install-action@v0.7.0
  with:
    project-path: 'path-to-folder'
    enable-cache: 'true'
    refresh-cli: 'false'
    devbox-version: 0.5.13
    disable-nix-access-token: 'false'
    sha256-sum: f5907e5782f6e1f5a7ca32c8ae2a0a81618549314bab237174a46fb216f43809