Testing that an action also works in GitHub Enterprise Server/Cloud

[cmarqu]

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Is there a way for a developer of an action developed in GitHub Free to check that it also runs in GitHub Enterprise Server (or Enterprise Cloud)?

Depending on the specific versions involved, there are several incompatibilities, e.g. https://github.blog/changelog/2022-10-11-github-actions-deprecating-save-state-and-set-output-commands/ (the new syntax is not supported in GHES 3.6), or the difference between ${{ github.action_path }} and $GITHUB_ACTION_PATH (actions/runner#716 (comment)).

A normal CI setup will not find such problems. Any recommendations other than "let users of GHES/GHEC do the testing for you"?

The concrete example triggering this question is hynek/build-and-inspect-python-package#37.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

[killermoehre]

Piggybacking here: can the GHES version be provided as environment variable or via the github context? Right now, you have to query the API of the GHES for this, which is costly, if you want to distinguish in something like a python script over and over again.

[rossjrw]

I suspect this will never receive an answer, but noting that I'm also interested in a solution for this.

[cmarqu]

FWIW, this answer (thanks to the author!) may help you: hynek/build-and-inspect-python-package#37 (comment)