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Check NixOS Manual DocBook rendering against MD rendering #269

Check NixOS Manual DocBook rendering against MD rendering

Check NixOS Manual DocBook rendering against MD rendering #269

name: "Check NixOS Manual DocBook rendering against MD rendering"
on:
schedule:
# * is a special character in YAML so you have to quote this string
# Check every 24 hours
- cron: '0 0 * * *'
permissions:
contents: read
jobs:
check-rendering-equivalence:
permissions:
pull-requests: write # for peter-evans/create-or-update-comment to create or update comment
if: github.repository_owner == 'NixOS'
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v19
with:
# explicitly enable sandbox
extra_nix_config: sandbox = true
- uses: cachix/cachix-action@v12
with:
# This cache is for the nixpkgs repo checks and should not be trusted or used elsewhere.
name: nixpkgs-ci
signingKey: '${{ secrets.CACHIX_SIGNING_KEY }}'
- name: Build DocBook and MD manuals
run: |
export NIX_PATH=nixpkgs=$(pwd)
nix-build \
--option restrict-eval true \
-o docbook nixos/release.nix \
-A manual.x86_64-linux
nix-build \
--option restrict-eval true \
--arg configuration '{ documentation.nixos.options.allowDocBook = false; }' \
-o md nixos/release.nix \
-A manual.x86_64-linux
- name: Compare DocBook and MD manuals
id: check
run: |
export NIX_PATH=nixpkgs=$(pwd)
.github/workflows/compare-manuals.sh \
docbook/share/doc/nixos/options.html \
md/share/doc/nixos/options.html
# if the manual can't be built we don't want to notify anyone.
# while this may temporarily hide rendering failures it will be a lot
# less noisy until all nixpkgs pull requests have stopped using
# docbook for option docs.
- name: Comment on failure
uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@v2
if: ${{ failure() && steps.check.conclusion == 'failure' }}
with:
issue-number: 189318
body: |
Markdown and DocBook manuals do not agree.
Check https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }} for details.