Creating a JavaScript action, example
Prerequisites
Before you begin, you'll need to download Node.js and create a public GitHub repository.
* steps omitted *
From your terminal, initialize the directory with npm to generate a package.json file.
npm init -y
Adding actions toolkit packages
The actions toolkit is a collection of Node.js packages that allow you to quickly build JavaScript actions with more consistency.
When you commit and push your code, your updated repository should look like this:
hello-world-javascript-action/
─ action.yml
─ dist/
─ index.js
─ package.json
─ package-lock.json
─ README.md
─ rollup.config.js
─ src/
─ index.js
Reference:
https://docs.github.com/en/actions/tutorials/create-actions/create-a-javascript-action#creating-an- action-metadata-file