feat(actionlint): add actionlint action by yordis · Pull Request #19 · TrogonStack/github-actions

yordis · 2026-10-10T21:37:21Z

Only one repository lints its workflows today, and copying that setup into every repository lets them drift apart
A workflow that does not parse runs no jobs and reports no checks, so a broken file looks green
actionlint silently skips shell checks when shellcheck is missing, so a bare self-hosted runner would quietly disagree with one that has it preinstalled

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One repository already lints its workflows this way; shipping the same check as a versioned action lets every other repository inherit it instead of re-implementing it and drifting. Signed-off-by: Yordis Prieto <yordis.prieto@gmail.com>

cursor · 2026-10-10T21:37:27Z

PR Summary

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CI and reusable-action tooling only; no runtime product or auth/data-path changes, with supply-chain mitigations via checksum verification on downloaded binaries.

Overview
Adds a new actions/actionlint composite action that downloads and SHA256-verifies actionlint (default v1.7.12) and optionally shellcheck (pinned v0.11.0), registers a vendored problem matcher for inline PR annotations, and runs actionlint over the caller’s workspace with configurable version, config, and newline-separated args.

Introduces .github/workflows/workflow-lint.yml as a dedicated workflow (not folded into ci.yml) so workflow YAML parse failures in other files still surface as a failing check; this repo dogfoods the new action via ./actions/actionlint.

Registers the package in release-please (actions/actionlint @ 0.0.1).

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actions/actionlint/lib/run.sh

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Adds a composite GitHub Action that installs and runs actionlint, with optional ShellCheck installation and configurable arguments. Adds the action to CI and release-please.

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Actionlint action

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Action inputs, execution, and usage `actions/actionlint/action.yml`, `actions/actionlint/actionlint-matcher.json`, `actions/actionlint/README.md`	Adds configurable inputs, platform selection, checksum verification, binary installation, problem matching, and actionlint execution. Documents supported platforms and action behavior.
CI and release registration `.github/workflows/ci.yml`, `.github/release-please-config.json`, `.github/release-please-manifest.json`	Adds a CI job for the local action and release-please entries for version `0.0.1`.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Runner as GitHub Actions runner
  participant Action as ./actions/actionlint
  participant Assets as GitHub release assets
  participant Linter as actionlint
  Runner->>Action: Run local action
  Action->>Assets: Download actionlint archive and checksum data
  Action->>Action: Verify checksum and install binary
  Action->>Linter: Run with configured options
  Linter->>Runner: Emit diagnostics for problem matcher

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 0b88d

Move actionlint to a separate workflow before merging so it can report syntax errors that prevent CI itself from starting.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly identifies the main change: adding an actionlint GitHub Action.
Description check		The description explains the workflow-linting problems addressed by the changeset, including parse failures and inconsistent ShellCheck behavior.
Docstring Coverage		No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
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actions/actionlint/action.yml (2)
179-183: Remove the matcher registration problem with -color.

The matcher regex tolerates ANSI codes, so -color works. The matcher is registered before the run step and stays active for the rest of the job. This is the intended behavior. No change is needed.

168-173: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

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Fail explicitly when the shellcheck checksum is empty.

The want variable is empty if ASSET has no matching row. The step then reports a mismatch with an empty expected value. The platform step restricts ASSET to known values, so the risk is low. An explicit check gives a clearer error and matches the actionlint step.
Proposed fix
         want=$(echo "$checksums" | awk -v a="$ASSET" '$1==a{print $2}')
+        if [ -z "$want" ]; then
+          echo "::error::No pinned checksum for shellcheck ${ASSET}" >&2
+          exit 1
+        fi
         got=$(sha256_of "$archive_path")
.github/workflows/ci.yml (1)

83-83: Keep ./actions/actionlint.

The zizmor self-repository hint suggests $/.... The $/ syntax is not needed here. The existing runner job uses the same local-path form for ./actions/runs-on-selector. Keep this consistent with that job.

actions/actionlint/actionlint-matcher.json (1)

1-17: LGTM!

actions/actionlint/README.md (1)

1-143: LGTM!

.github/release-please-config.json (1)

23-26: LGTM!

.github/release-please-manifest.json (1)

2-2: LGTM!

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Review comments at @.github/workflows/ci.yml:
- Around line 68-84: Move the actionlint job out of the main CI workflow into a
separate workflow file so it can validate workflow syntax even when the main
workflow cannot be parsed. Preserve the `actionlint` job’s checkout and
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feat(actionlint): add actionlint action

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One repository already lints its workflows this way; shipping the same check as a versioned action lets every other repository inherit it instead of re-implementing it and drifting. Signed-off-by: Yordis Prieto <yordis.prieto@gmail.com>

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yordis added 2 commits October 10, 2026 17:47

ci: lint workflows from a workflow that cannot break with them

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Signed-off-by: Yordis Prieto <yordis.prieto@gmail.com>

refactor(actionlint): keep step logic in scripts that can be checked …

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…and run on their own Signed-off-by: Yordis Prieto <yordis.prieto@gmail.com>

yordis merged commit 0fb6728 into main Oct 11, 2026
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chore(main): release actionlint 0.1.0 #20

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