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<a href="https://github.com/actions/typescript-action/actions"><img alt="typescript-action status" src="https://github.com/actions/typescript-action/workflows/build-test/badge.svg"></a>
<a href="https://github.com/AurorNZ/report-updated-dependencies/actions"><img alt="report-updated-dependencies status" src="https://github.com/AurorNZ/report-updated-dependencies/workflows/build-test/badge.svg"></a>
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# Create a JavaScript Action using TypeScript
# Report updated dependencies

Use this template to bootstrap the creation of a TypeScript action.:rocket:
This Github Actions runs on changes to PR requests to detect and report changes made to dependencies.
Dependency lookups, change detections and fetching of release notes are all done by [Renovate Bot](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate)

This template includes compilation support, tests, a validation workflow, publishing, and versioning guidance.
```yml
name: 'build-test'
on:
pull_request:

If you are new, there's also a simpler introduction. See the [Hello World JavaScript Action](https://github.com/actions/hello-world-javascript-action)

## Create an action from this template

Click the `Use this Template` and provide the new repo details for your action

## Code in Main

> First, you'll need to have a reasonably modern version of `node` handy. This won't work with versions older than 9, for instance.
Install the dependencies
```bash
$ npm install
```

Build the typescript and package it for distribution
```bash
$ npm run build && npm run package
jobs:
report-updated-dependencies:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: AurorNZ/report-updated-dependencies@v1
```

Run the tests :heavy_check_mark:
```bash
$ npm test

PASS ./index.test.js
✓ throws invalid number (3ms)
wait 500 ms (504ms)
test runs (95ms)

...
or run conditionally

```yml
name: 'build-test'
on: # rebuild any PRs and main branch changes
pull_request:
push:
branches:
- main
- 'releases/*'

jobs:
report-updated-dependencies:
if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: AurorNZ/report-updated-dependencies@v1
```

## Change action.yml

The action.yml contains defines the inputs and output for your action.

Update the action.yml with your name, description, inputs and outputs for your action.

See the [documentation](https://help.github.com/en/articles/metadata-syntax-for-github-actions)

## Change the Code

Most toolkit and CI/CD operations involve async operations so the action is run in an async function.

```javascript
import * as core from '@actions/core';
...

async function run() {
try {
...
}
catch (error) {
core.setFailed(error.message);
}
}

run()
```

See the [toolkit documentation](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/master/README.md#packages) for the various packages.

## Publish to a distribution branch

Actions are run from GitHub repos so we will checkin the packed dist folder.
Actions are run from GitHub repos so we will checkin the packed dist folder.

Then run [ncc](https://github.com/zeit/ncc) and push the results:

```bash
$ npm run package
$ git add dist
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Note: We recommend using the `--license` option for ncc, which will create a license file for all of the production node modules used in your project.

Your action is now published! :rocket:
Your action is now published! :rocket:

See the [versioning documentation](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/master/docs/action-versioning.md)

## Validate

You can now validate the action by referencing `./` in a workflow in your repo (see [test.yml](.github/workflows/test.yml))

```yaml
uses: ./
with:
milliseconds: 1000
```

See the [actions tab](https://github.com/actions/typescript-action/actions) for runs of this action! :rocket:

## Usage:

After testing you can [create a v1 tag](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/master/docs/action-versioning.md) to reference the stable and latest V1 action

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