Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] CI: limit GitHub Actions to designated branches

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 5, 2020, 22:28 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqd07i9fut.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20200505215843.GA646020@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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>> > Or since we're running a shell in a VM, we really
>> > could just run "./allow-ref $refname" and let individual forks specify
>> > whatever shell code they like.
>> 
>> I presume that you are saying "checking out the tree of refs/ci/config
>> and there is a program allow-ref that can tell which one to run ci on"?
>
> Yes, exactly.

I guess a simple example implementation of allow-ref script, with a bit of instruction to tell people how to initialize a separate and otherwise empty repository with just a (possibly customized) copy of the script in it, and push its 'master' branch to refs/ci/config of their Git fork, would be a way to go, then?

Sounds simple enough. Cycles to spin up a VM that adds 3 seconds latency, only to know that a branch won't need to be built, does sound like a bit unfortunate, though.