Shell command retry action

This action allows you to retry shell command for a few times in case they fail. This is especially useful for all kind of network related tasks, such as downloading files or similar. In case the remote endpoint has some issues, the job will not simply fail because of this, but retry the command and eventually reach success.

▶️ Inputs

The following inputs can be used to alter the Docker tag name determination:

Input	Required	Default	Description
retries	No	10	How many times to retry on failure.
pause	No	10	How many seconds to wait between retries.
command	Yes	``	Shell command to execute.
workdir	No	``	Switch to this working directory prior executing the shell command.
fail_command	No	``	Shell command to execute on every failure of given command.

◀️ Outputs

None

💻 Usage

on: [push]

jobs:
  job1:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Pull docker image
    steps:

      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Build docker image
        uses: cytopia/shell-command-retry-action@v0.1.2
          with:
            retries: 10
            pause: 10
            command: |
              docker build -t test .
            # Builing docker sometimes fails on GH Action runner due to network issues.
            # We ensure that forwarding is reenabled and the daemon is restarted
            # Before retrying the docker build command
            fail_command: |
              sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 \
              && sudo systemctl restart docker \

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Since Dependabot has native GitHub Actions support, to enable it on your GitHub repo all you need to do is add the .github/dependabot.yml file:

version: 2
updates:
  # Maintain dependencies for GitHub Actions
  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"

cytopia GitHub Actions

Name	Description
docker-tag-action	Determines Docker tags based on git branch, commit or git tag
git-ref-matrix-action	Create stringified JSON list of git refs to be used as a build matrix
shell-command-retry-action	Retries shell commands to avoid failing pipelines due to network issues
upload-artifact-verify-action	Upload artifact and verifies it by downloading it again
upload-artifact-retry-action	Retries upload-artifact-verify-action
download-artifact-retry-action	Download artifact with retry functionality

📄 License

MIT License

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