GitHub Actions bugs and feature requests

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• Not a tty actions/runner#241
• Workflow level env does not work properly in all fields. actions/runner#480
• Support using a login shell along with the container step syntax actions/runner#1560
• Support YAML Anchors actions/runner#1182
  • How to reuse scripts - Yaml import/require actions/starter-workflows#245
• Support named log groups actions/runner#1477
  • Composite Actions: Give users control over how verbose the step output is actions/runner#1404
• Support pre and post steps in Composite Actions actions/runner#1478

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• Change startup order of job -> services to services -> job community/community#9056
  • Update/Add binfmt and qemu actions/runner-images#2095
• Do not build container actions ahead of time community/community#9053
  • Do not build container actions ahead of time actions/runner#814
• Support context/matrix variables and Composite Actions inputs in steps of type 'uses' community/community#9049
  • Support context/matrix variables and Composite Actions inputs in steps of type 'uses' actions/runner#1479
  • unable to inject shell to composite action actions/runner#835
• Allow reusable workflows to be located at arbitrary locations and be local community/community#9050
  • Allow reusable workflows to be located at arbitrary locations and be local actions/runner#1493
  • github.community/t/allow-reusable-workflows-to-be-located-at-arbitrary-locations-and-be-local
  • Remove directory restriction for (reusable) workflows actions/runner#2102
• Homogenise inputs from callable workflows and event inputs from dispatchable workflows community/community#9092
• Support using a Container Action input in field `runs: { image: ... }` community/community#9153

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Design decisions:

• The recommendation to "move" tags actions/toolkit#214
  • Recommend updating branches for major versions and not tags in the versioning docs actions/toolkit#631
• INPUT_* environment variables are missing in composite actions actions/runner#665