[proposal] add github actions to templates

[swyxio]

Current Behavior

gh actions are awesome. lets recommend and auto scaffold some for people to test their tsdx libraries? i know not everybody uses github but they could just delete the .github folder if so.

pull some from https://github.com/sdras/awesome-actions

what actions would people like?

e.g. i'd like matrix testing by default, as well as issue/pr templates

[agilgur5]

I think basic issue/PR templates that can then be customized per library would be great (and are often under-prioritized) and are fairly universal too.

I'm ambivalent about Actions. I use Travis for my libraries and it's a lot more reliable, readable, and functional than GH (e.g. simple things like restarting a test) and has one-liner code coverage integration. On the one hand, it's much easier to delete stuff than to add stuff, but that can quickly spiral into having too many things to delete.

As more stuff gets added to the templates (e.g. actions, storybook, etc), it might make sense to have TSDX wrap more of that functionality internally instead of exposing all the config to users (that would also mean that instead of needing to delete something, you just don't use that functionality, which is even easier).

[kylemh]

Is there a way to do this with some system better than templates? What if I want Storybook TSDX + GitHub Actions?

I can easily make a PR for the actions config FWIW, just not sure how to integrate it well as part of the TSDX CLI.

[swyxio]

idk i was thinking just add some files, but come to think about it maybe we want a new tsdx actions command to scaffold stuff 🤷‍♂ all i know is, it is seriously best practice to have CI for every library, and actions is the dead easiest way to do it

[kylemh]

Do we just wanna add it by default to all templates?

[swyxio]

i think so. i do wanna get a 👍 or 👎 from @jaredpalmer before we proceed brainstorming any further

[jaredpalmer]

Yeah, I would add a workflows to templates.

I want to keep the core lean going forward, but I’m open to a new cli command like: tsdx add ... and tsdx remove. This could allow folks to write project manipulations going forward they are standardized

[kylemh]

Okay, cool. For this change of course, it's easy for people to just delete the .github folder that will be included to opt-out.

[swyxio]

let's get something small in. basic test action?

[kylemh]

I'll get this tomorrow 🕺

[swyxio]

alright, we have basic actions merged: #457 thanks Kyle!

i'm sympathetic to @agilgur5's concerns, and dont wanna bloat too much overnight. Maybe lets see this go out in the next release and take feedback!