GitHub Action to package Alfred workflows

[mperezi]

Hey guys, 

 

I've just created this handy GitHub Action to build .alfredworkflow files for your releases:

 

https://github.com/marketplace/actions/build-an-alfred-workflow

 

And this is the repo where I use the action:

 

https://github.com/mperezi/alfred-yaml

 

Hope you find it useful!

[vitor]

Seems like you’re basically compressing the Workflow into a zip, which will not work correctly and can expose sensitive information in the output, such as API keys or location.

You need to first empty any variablesdontexport keys from the plist.

[deanishe]

Very nice idea.

 

35 minutes ago, vitor said:

You need to first empty any variablesdontexport keys from the plist.

 

Agree that such variables must be stripped (because that's the proper way to build a workflow), but any sensitive data needs stripping before you commit the source. I use git hooks to prevent me committing any sensitive variables.

 

More generally, I think it's not a good idea to require info.plist and icon.png to be in the repo root. They should be in workflow_dir anyway, otherwise it isn't a valid workflow.

 

I don't know how you develop your workflows, @mperezi, but it's common to symlink src to Alfred's workflow directory for development. The workflow itself lives in there, so you don't clutter it with things like your editor config files or .git directory.

Edited March 23, 2020 by deanishe