Proper support for shell input (#189)

* add options for shell

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assemble dagger command in new step with output

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fixing some inline bash

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wrap conditional inputs in quotes

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use cat for heredoc script file

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missing space in heredoc

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add tab ignore and dagger shebang

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use toJson and jq to safely write the shell input to a file

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put DAGGER_COMMAND in a variable

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missing semicolon for the dagger command

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safely evaluate if shell is set

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extra > in shell file write

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add some logging

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strip extra newline from jq when shell is not set

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debugging

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toJSON and jq will send null instead of empty string with no input

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safely handle all inputs

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did i fix the wrong thing?

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change up the approach a bit for an easier diff

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fix shell test

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single quotes around shell input

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try with piped input

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try single quotes again

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debug

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debug

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fix shell test

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does shell emit a newline?

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remove the trailing newline if its in stdout

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break the trailing output test

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fix shell test

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missed !

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add comment about weird test

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* use echo -n in shell test

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@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ jobs:
exit 1
fi
version:
runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
steps:
@ -219,6 +218,27 @@ jobs:
exit 1
fi
shell:
runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: "Test shell"
id: test-shell
uses: ./
with:
shell: 'container | from alpine | with-exec echo,-n,"hello world!" | stdout'
- name: "Test shell (check)"
run: |
target='${{ steps.test-shell.outputs.output }}'
result='hello world!'
if [[ "$target" == "$result" ]]; then
echo "matches"
exit 0
else
echo "does not match"
exit 1
fi
nocall:
runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
steps:
@ -228,4 +248,3 @@ jobs:
- name: "Test Install"
run: |
dagger core version

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@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
## Usage Examples
### `dagger call` (default)
### `dagger call`
```yaml
- name: Hello
@ -14,6 +14,16 @@
version: "latest" # semver x.y.z
```
### `dagger shell`
```yaml
- name: Hello
uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@8.0.0
with:
shell: container | from alpine | with-exec echo,"hello, world!" | stdout
cloud-token: ${{ secrets.DAGGER_CLOUD_TOKEN }}
```
### `dagger run`
```yaml
@ -43,5 +53,6 @@ By setting the version to `latest`, this action will install the latest version
| `cloud-token` | Dagger Cloud Token | false | '' |
| `module` | Dagger module to call. Local or Git | false | '' |
| `args` | Arguments to pass to CLI | false | '' |
| `call` | Arguments to pass to CLI (Alias for args) | false | '' |
| `call` | Arguments to pass to CLI (Alias for args with verb:call) | false | '' |
| `shell` | Arguments to pass to CLI (Alias for args with verb:shell) | false | '' |
| `engine-stop` | Whether to stop the Dagger Engine after this run | false | 'true' |

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@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ inputs:
description: "Function and arguments for dagger call"
required: false
default: ""
shell:
description: "Function and arguments for dagger shell"
required: false
default: ""
outputs:
output:
description: "Job output"
@ -75,8 +79,25 @@ runs:
curl -fsS https://dl.dagger.io/dagger/install.sh \
| BIN_DIR=${prefix_dir}/bin DAGGER_VERSION="$VERSION" DAGGER_COMMIT="$COMMIT" sh
- id: assemble
if: inputs.call != '' || inputs.shell != '' || inputs.args != ''
shell: bash
env:
INPUT_MODULE: ${{ inputs.module }}
run: |
verb=${{ inputs.verb }}
shell=$(echo '${{ toJSON(inputs.shell) }}' | jq -rj .)
if [[ -n "${{ inputs.call }}" ]]; then
verb="call"
elif [[ "$shell" != "" ]]; then
verb=""
script=$(mktemp)
printf '%s' "$shell" > $script
fi
echo "script=$script" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
echo "verb=$verb" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
- id: exec
if: inputs.call != '' || inputs.args != ''
if: inputs.call != '' || inputs.shell != '' || inputs.args != ''
shell: bash
env:
INPUT_MODULE: ${{ inputs.module }}
@ -87,9 +108,9 @@ runs:
DAGGER_CLOUD_TOKEN=${{ inputs.cloud-token }} \
dagger \
${{ inputs.dagger-flags }} \
${{ inputs.verb }} \
${{ steps.assemble.outputs.verb }} \
${INPUT_MODULE:+-m $INPUT_MODULE} \
${{ inputs.args || inputs.call }}; } 1> >(tee "${tmpout}") 2> >(tee "${tmperr}" >&2)
${{ inputs.args || inputs.call || steps.assemble.outputs.script }}; } 1> >(tee "${tmpout}") 2> >(tee "${tmperr}" >&2)
{
# we need a delim that doesn't appear in the output - a hash of the