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infra: initialize the motoko submodule in the build check
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16 changes: 12 additions & 4 deletions .github/workflows/build.yml
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jobs:
build:
# only run in forks — non-fork PRs get a build via preview-deployment.yml
if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository
# Runs wherever preview-deployment.yml cannot. Fork PRs and Dependabot PRs
# both get a read-only GITHUB_TOKEN with no access to secrets, so the
# preview deploy fails on them; this plain build is their only check.
if: >-
github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository ||
github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]'
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
permissions:
contents: read
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1

- name: Initialize examples submodule
# Same set as preview-deployment.yml. .sources/motoko is required: pages
# under docs/languages/motoko/ pull code via `file=<motokoExamples>/...`
# includes, and without the submodule they render empty without failing
# the build.
- name: Initialize submodules
run: |
git config --global url."https://github.com/".insteadOf "git@github.com:"
git submodule update --init --depth 1 .sources/examples
git submodule update --init --depth 1 .sources/examples .sources/motoko

- uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
with:
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7 changes: 5 additions & 2 deletions .github/workflows/pr-cleanup.yml
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jobs:
release_preview_canister:
# do not run in forks
if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
# Mirror preview-deployment.yml: only PRs that got a preview canister have
# one to release. Fork and Dependabot PRs never allocate one.
if: >-
github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository &&
github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'dependabot[bot]'
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
concurrency:
group: pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.event.number }}
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8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions .github/workflows/preview-deployment.yml
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jobs:
build_and_deploy:
# do not run in forks
if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
# Needs repo secrets and write access to post the preview comment, so skip
# any PR whose runs get a read-only token: forks and Dependabot. Those are
# covered by build.yml instead.
if: >-
github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository &&
github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'dependabot[bot]'
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
concurrency:
group: pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.event.number }}
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