dotnet-gha-patterns

What problem does it solve?

This Skill streamlines and enhances the design of GitHub Actions workflows for .NET projects, enabling more robust, reusable, and efficient CI/CD pipelines.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Reusable Workflows: Define and call common workflow logic across multiple repositories.
• Composite Actions: Bundle sequences of steps into reusable action units.
• Matrix Builds: Efficiently test across multiple .NET versions, operating systems, and configurations.
• Path-Based Triggers: Optimize CI runs by triggering only when relevant files change.
• Concurrency Control: Prevent duplicate runs and manage deployment pipelines effectively.
• Environment Protection: Secure deployments with manual approvals and branch restrictions.
• Caching Strategies: Speed up builds by caching NuGet packages and build outputs.
• Workflow Dispatch: Enable manual triggering of workflows with customizable inputs.
• Use Case: Automatically set up a CI pipeline that builds, tests, and publishes a .NET application across Windows, macOS, and Linux for .NET 8 and .NET 9, only running when code changes are pushed to the main branch.

Quick Start

Use the dotnet-gha-patterns skill to create a reusable GitHub Actions workflow for building a .NET solution.