Customize build steps in release.yml and ci-build.yml

[kaklakariada]

Goal: Custom preparation / build / cleanup steps

Some projects need custom preparation / build / cleanup steps like installing additional tools (Go, node, ...), writing test config files, passing secrets as env variables to the build step or deleting resources afterwards.

Implementation

• Add optional configuration options to .project-keeper.yml:

  • pre-build / preparations: list of build steps
  • custom-build / build: single build step
    • use run: mvn verify by default
    • use additional env if present
  • post-build / cleanup: list of build steps

• Each option can have the following properties for a custom build step using GH action syntax (see GH documentation):

  • name: optional readable name
  • uses: optional GH action (-> e.g. allow installing other tools)
  • with: optional map of args for a GH action
  • run: multiline shell script
  • shell: optional shell type (bash, powershell, ...)
  • env: list of environment variables. This allows specifying GH secrets or matrix build variables
  • if: allow running for specific versions/OS/always()

Option questions

• Naming of the configuration options?

Out of scope:

• Customizing the "Next Java build" workflow by running mvn javadoc:javadoc instead of mvn package
• Validation of custom build steps
  • Build steps will run during normal CI build and would fail there