isometry/setup-generic-tool

setup-generic-tool action

The isometry/setup-generic-tool action is designed to make the use of generic third-party tooling available via GitHub Releases as simple, streamlined and performant as possible within your workflows.

Features

• Fully exploits GitHub Runners' Tool Cache mechanism
• Automatic version resolution

Inputs

name input

Required GitHub repository of the desired tool (example: owner/repo)

tool input

Optional Override tool name, if it doesn't match the repo name

version input

Optional Version of tool to install (default: latest; example: v1.2.3)

Outputs

version output

The version of tool actually installed.

Example usage

name: example

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  example:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - uses: isometry/setup-generic-tool@v1
        with:
          name: chainguard-dev/apko

      - run: |
          apko version