GitHub Action for ocaml-general

GitHub Action to help using ghcr.io/kxcinc/ocaml-general in GitHub Actions workflows.

Get Started

Simply add the following as a step to your GitHub Action workflow file:

- name: Build and test OCaml
  uses: kxcdev/ocaml-general-gha@v3

A template / sample repository is available: https://github.com/kxcdev/ocaml-general-gha-template

• full example of workflow definition: .github/workflows/build-test.yml
• another example which builds odoc documents and uploads the result to GitHub Pages: .github/workflows/build-test.yml

Options and Outputs

Example usage with options

- name: Build and test OCaml
  uses: kxcdev/ocaml-general-gha@v3
  with:
    ocaml-version: 4.14.1
    setup-command: "opam install --locked . -y --deps-only"
    build-command: "dune build @ci"
    skip-testing: true

Options on Versions

Option	Default	Comments
ocaml-version	5.0.0	see below for available values
node-version	latest	see below for available values

Options on Result Reporting

Option	Default	Comments
report-test-result	true	specify false to disable reporting test result to GitHub GUI
pr-report-test-result	true	specify false to disable reporting test result to GitHub PR (effectively false when report-test-result is false)

Options on Command Customization

Option	Default	Comments
build-command	dune build
test-command	dune runtest	you can skip testing with the skip-testing option
setup-command	(collapsed) opam install . --yes --deps-only --with-test --verbose	you can skip setup with the skip-setup option
skip-testing	false	specify true to skip testing
skip-setup	false	specify true to skip setup

Options and Outputs on odoc and its GitHub Pages Integration

Option	Default	Comments
with-odoc	false	specify true to enable odoc related features
odoc-build-command	(collapsed) opam exec -- dune build @doc	set to override the default odoc build command
odoc-upload-artifact	true	whether upload odoc document site as a GitHub Actions artifact
odoc-upload-artifact-name	github-pages	artifact name when odoc-upload-artifact is set to true
odoc-deploy-github-pages	false	feature not yet available; specifying true will result the action to fail

Output	Available When	Comments
odoc-site-path	with-odoc is true	not available due to actions/runner#2009
odoc-github-pages-url	with-odoc and odoc-deploy-github-pages are true	not available due to actions/runner#2009

Notes on versions

• refer to the matrix of build-deploy-ocaml-general job at https://github.com/kxcinc/pubinfra.dockerfiles/blob/main/.github/workflows/ocaml-general.yml for the most up-to-date list of supported versions
  • snapshot at 5edf17ece403e6dc9e303bd69e023413b571a5ed:

    ocaml-version:
      - 4.12.1
      - 4.13.1
      - 4.14.1
      - 5.0.0
      - 5.1.0
    node-version:
      - fermium # v14 Maintenance LTS
      - gallium # v16 Active LTS
      - hydrogen # v18 Active LTS
      - iron # v20 Active LTS
      - latest