Zigist - Update a gist with a random dev joke

Nothing fancy here. This is just a simple github action to update a gist with a random dev joke using Zig ⚡️.

Quick start

uses: 42LM/zigist@v1
with:
  gh-token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
  gist-id: e35b7dfc8ec2c958a7f8f0c9938ffd60

[!TIP] Pin the gist in your profile:


See it in action the wild

Inputs

IMPORTANT

gh-token: The GitHub Token needs to be created as a repository secret in the repository that uses this action.[^1]

gist-id: The GitHub gist needs to be created with the file name NEWS.md.[^2]

Example usage

https://github.com/42LM/zigist/blob/772cf37d3bf22d435f5aa8459b65a6a150d69e7f/.github/workflows/cron.yaml#L1-L16

Local environment setup

The following two environment variables need to be set up:

1. GH_TOKEN: Create a github token that has access to gists.
2. GIST_ID: Create a gist.

Copy .envrc.example to .envrc and edit values. Load this environment into your shell, for example with direnv.

cp .envrc.example .envrc

Zig

zig build run

zig build test --summary all

Docker

docker build -t ziglang/static-v0.13.0 .

docker run --name zigist ziglang/static-v0.13.0 $GH_TOKEN $GIST_ID

[^1]: Place repository secret: [^2]: Create github gist with filename NEWS.md: