Hello from the GitHub Actions: Core .NET SDK
The unofficial .NET equivalent of the official GitHub actions/toolkit @actions/core project.
📢 ATTENTION
This post is part of the C# advent calendar 2022, for other articles in this collection see C# Advent Calendar 2022. This is the third time I’ve written for the calendar, past entries include 2017: C# Special Edition and 2018: C# All The Things. 🙏🏽
GitHub Actions: Core .NET SDK
SDKs are great, but why do we need one for GitHub Actions? The short answer is, you don’t! You can write a GitHub Action in .NET without using one. I’ve written about this already, if you’re interested see the Tutorial: Create a GitHub Action with .NET. There are a few ways in which you can write a GitHub Action. You can do so using JavaScript, Docker, or as a composite action. One of the easiest ways was to use JavaScript, as the GitHub team maintains an open-source SDK (or actions/toolkit) written in TypeScript. Their toolkit is comprised of a set of packages to make creating actions easier.
