Hey there! Thanks for coming by. Today, I want to tell you how I created a Continuous Integration workflow for SSGo using GitHub Actions, as well as how I created some tests for a different Open Source repo. Maybe you'll find something useful, too!

CI Workflow

For my start, I decided to stick with GitHub's official guide, which also conveniently included running unit tests, which I described in my earlier post.

I made sure to specify Go version as 1.16 as this is the version that switched ioutil.ReadFile to os.ReadFile.

Adding linter

golangci-lint has a beautiful GitHub Actions installation guide, so I used that and didn't have to worry about setting up VM linters on my own. Very nice!

Adding Node.js unit tests

Repo I picked for adding unit tests is izyum, which is another SSG written in Node.js and TypeScript.

I added some unit tests for a couple file utility functions. Since it involved file system, I had to use jest.mock on fs module. After I was done with my changes, I opened a pull request.

Summary

Continuous Integration is crucial for keeping the project clean and working. Automatic tests and linting is right what every Open Source project needs, so I would encourage every repo manager to consider adding CI. You'll thank me later, haha!