nektos / act

Code

How nektos/act is laid out, and where to start for common changes.

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Where to start reading

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Likely public API
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Find files for a task

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Add support for a new action type

Add type constant and factory case to pkg/runner/action.go
Create action_<type>.go implementing the execution logic
Add test coverage in pkg/runner/action_test.go

Add a new GitHub expression function

Register function name in pkg/exprparser/functions.go register map
Implement function logic and add test case
Verify integration in pkg/exprparser/interpreter_test.go

Add Docker container configuration option

Add option field to container type in pkg/container/container_types.go
Apply option in pkg/container/docker_run.go RunContainer or docker_build.go
Add test case in pkg/container/docker_run_test.go

Add workflow context variable or function

Define field in context struct in pkg/model/github_context.go or pkg/model/job_context.go
Populate value in pkg/common/context.go NewContext setup
Add test coverage in pkg/model/github_context_test.go

Change the public API

Add or update tests

Change build or automation

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Files marked “likely” are guessed from their names.

Code quality and hotspots

Largest source files

Branch points52 per file on average
Code issues0 errors, 36 warnings
Largest file1,178 lines
Hotspot load0 high-risk files

Static checks on the 15 largest source files.

Tests, CI and tooling

CIGitHub Actions5 workflows
Tests49 test filesGo test · 0.03 test files per source file (file count, not coverage)
Dependency updatesNo config detected

Test folders: pkg/runner · pkg/container · pkg/common

Hotspots

pkg/runner/run_context.go0 commits in 180 days · 27 branch points
pkg/container/docker_cli_test.go0 commits in 180 days · 42 branch points
pkg/container/docker_cli.go0 commits in 180 days · 47 branch points
pkg/artifacts/artifact.pb.go0 commits in 180 days · 45 branch points
pkg/container/docker_run.go0 commits in 180 days · 27 branch points
pkg/runner/runner_test.go0 commits in 180 days · 4 branch points
pkg/model/workflow.go0 commits in 180 days · 49 branch points
pkg/artifactcache/handler_test.go0 commits in 180 days · 9 branch points

Files that change often and branch heavily, highest first. Branch points count if, loop, case, catch, ternary, && and || in the file.