Instantiantion

The job templates (GitHub Action Reusable Workflows) need to be stored in the same directory where normal pipelines (GitHub Action Workflows) are located: .github/workflows/<template>.yml. These template files are distinguished from a normal pipeline by a on:workflow_call: section compared to an on:push section.

Job Template Definition:

The workflow_call allows the definition of input and output parameters.

on:
  workflow_call:
    inputs:
      <Param1>:
        # ...
    outputs:
      # ...

jobs:
  <JobName>:
    # ...

Job Template Instantiation:

When instantiating a template, a jobs:<Name>:uses is used to refer to a template file. Unfortunately, besides the GitHub SLUG (<Organization>/<Repository>), also the full path to the template needs to be gives, but still it can’t be outside of .github/workflows to create a cleaner repository structure. Finally, the path contains a branch name postfixed by @<branch> (tags are still not supported by GitHub Actions). A jobs:<Name>:with: section can be used to handover input parameters to the template.

on:
  push:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  <InstanceName>:
    uses: <GitHubOrganization>/<Repository>/.github/workflows/<Template>.yml@v0
    with:
      <Param1>: <Value>

Example Pipelines

Documentation Only (Sphinx)

name: Pipeline

on:
  push:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  BuildTheDocs:
    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/BuildTheDocs.yml@r0
    with:
      artifact: Documentation

  PublishToGitHubPages:
    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PublishToGitHubPages.yml@r0
    needs:
      - BuildTheDocs
    with:
      doc: Documentation

  ArtifactCleanUp:
    name: 🗑️ Artifact Cleanup
    needs:
      - BuildTheDocs
      - PublishToGitHubPages
    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04

    steps:
      - name: 🗑️ Delete artifacts
        uses: geekyeggo/delete-artifact@v5
        with:
          name: Documentation

Instantiantion

Example Pipelines

Documentation Only (Sphinx)

Simple Package

Package with Unit Tests

Package with Code Coverage

Complex Pipeline

Further Reference Examples