This repository contains the content used for a introductionary workshop about GitHub Actions. The intendent workshop length is around 210 minutes. The idea of the workshop is that the instructor goes through the slides giving a short overview of relevant features and the workshop participants work on tasks using these features afterwards. Be aware that GitHub Actions are actively developed by GitHub and this workshop may be out of date.
The slides.md (also slides.pdf) file in this repository contains the
lecturer's slides. The exercises.md file (also exercises.pdf) contain
exercises.
Last updated: March 2026
In order to follow the steps of this workshop you need
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A GitHub account
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Enough credits/minutes for workflows to run if you make a private repository. The amount of workflow minutes needed for this workshop is low.
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A copy or fork of this repository.
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If you create a fork, you may want to copy all branches instead of
mainonly. There is a branch calledsolutionthat contains the final state of the repository. -
If you forked the repository, ensure that Actions are enabled
GitHub might disable the Actions on forks for improved security.
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You can then work on your fork/copy via a local clone on you pc or by using a GitHub Codespace. The repository contains a devcontainer configuration such that you can start a codespace directly from this repository.
- You are able to add workflows to a Git repository.
- You are able to inspect the results of a workflow.
- You know some common, useful actions provided by GitHub.
- You know where to look for more information about GitHub workflows.
mainbranch: Contains the starting pointsolutionbranch: Contains the repository in its intended final state
- Official GitHub Actions documentation
- GitHub Marketplace (filter set to "Actions")
- Security in Actions
- Billing and usage
- Docker containers in Actions
actionlintlinter
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
