The Pain That Is GitHub Actions

Re:The Pain That Is GitHub Actions by mike_hearn on Friday March 21, 2025 @03:57AM (#43432899)

You just check the "delete files in checkout directory" box in the run screen. Are you thinking of something different? I've never had trouble doing a clean clone.

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Re:The Pain That Is GitHub Actions by dmuso on Friday March 21, 2025 @04:44AM (#43433231)

It’s been a while since I used it but I do remember that it doesn’t do a clean checkout and you can’t force it to. It leaves artifacts on the agent that can interfere with subsequent builds. I assume they do it for speed but it can affect reliability of builds

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Re:The Pain That Is GitHub Actions by GabrielTFS on Friday March 21, 2025 @09:42AM (#43435604)

git clean refuses to work ?

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Re:The Pain That Is GitHub Actions by mike_hearn on Friday March 21, 2025 @09:55AM (#43435750)

I don't know when you used it, but I've used it for years and it's always had that feature in every version I've used.

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