FlowCrafter is a command-line tool to create and manage workflows for GitHub Actions.

FlowCrafter can be installed using cargo. Running the following command will download the latest version of FlowCrafter, compile it, and make it available as a command-line tool.

cargo install flowcrafter

After the installation, flowcrafter is available as a command in the terminal:

flowcrafter --help

Using FlowCrafter consists of three different steps:

1. Creating templates for workflows and jobs
2. Initializing FlowCrafter in a repository
3. Creating and updating workflows

FlowCrafter uses templates stored on GitHub to create workflows and jobs. These are YAML files that follow a few conventions:

• The repository contains a folder for each workflow (e.g. rust).
• Each workflow folder contains a file called workflow.yml that defines the workflow (e.g. rust/workflow.yml).
• Job templates are stored in the same folder as the workflow file (e.g. rust/lint.yml).

The workflow template sets the top-level configuration for the workflow. It can also contain a list of jobs that should always be part of the workflow.

The workflow template is always named workflow.yml.

---
name: Rust

"on":
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:

jobs:
  run-always:
    name: Always include this job
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - run: echo "This will always be included"

Jobs are defined in individual YAML files within the workflow folder. Each represents a single job that can be included in a workflow.

style:
  name: Check style
  runs-on: ubuntu-latest

  steps:
    - name: Checkout code
      uses: actions/checkout@v3

    - name: Run Rustfmt
      run: cargo fmt --all -- --check

FlowCrafter manages the workflows for a repository on GitHub. After cloning the repository to your local machine, open a terminal, change into its directory, and then generate a configuration file for FlowCrafter:

flowcrafter init -r <owner>/<repo>

This will create a file called .flowcrafter.yml in the .github directory and configure the repository owner/repo as the source for workflow and job templates.

With FlowCrafter initialized and templates on GitHub, you can now create a workflow with FlowCrafter:

flowcrafter create -w <workflow> -j <job> -j <job>

For example, given a repository with the following templates:

rust
├── lint.yml
├── test.yml
└── workflow.yml

You can create a workflow for Rust with the following command:

flowcrafter create -w rust -j lint -j test

This will create the file .github/workflows/rust.yml and merge workflow.yml and the two jobs lint.yml and test.yml into it.

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