Outdated todomvc example used in github-actions (Rev2)

[MikeMcC399]

Subject

GitHub-Action

Description

This is a follow-on from issue #5052 "Outdated todomvc example used in github-actions".

Location of issue

On https://docs.cypress.io/guides/continuous-integration/github-actions

GitHub Actions + Cypress Screencasts

links to 3. Example App Overview (https://youtu.be/zGrAhZkCoUE) which refers to github.com/cypress-io/todomvc

Problem description

The example app github.com/cypress-io/todomvc is outdated and cannot be used with Cypress 12.x.

The repository github.com/cypress-io/todomvc is now archived.
Edit: it is not archived at the moment (May 26, 2023).

Expectation

https://docs.cypress.io/guides/continuous-integration/github-actions should point to a non-archived repository which is capable of running on Cypress 12.x

Additional information

According to information from @nagash77 the repository

• cypress-io/todomvc

has been replaced by

• cypress-io/cypress-example-todomvc

Suggestion

1. Add a forwarding message on cypress-io/todomvc to the replacement repository cypress-io/cypress-example-todomvc.
2. Re-record the video, since the replacement repository is not a one-to-one replacement. For instance the instruction to use yarn build will not work:
   • there is no build script
   • using yarn causes a warning, since there is a package-lock.json file committed

[MikeMcC399]

Comparing the old and new repo:

1. The replacement repo github.com/cypress-io/cypress-example-todomvc includes package-lock.json from npm. If yarn is used, as instructed in the video, a warning is output.
2. There is no build script.
3. The start script is slightly different.
4. The test script is different.
5. yarn build does not work.

Here is a tabular comparison:

github.com/cypress-io/todomvc	github.com/cypress-io/cypress-example-todomvc
yarn install	npm install
build script	no build necessary
start	start
test	test includes start
cypress:open	cypress:open (no change)
yarn build	no build necessary
yarn start	npm start
yarn cypress:open	npm run cypress:open

[MikeMcC399]

@elylucas

• Perhaps you could consider this issue as well since you are revising a lot of the text in https://docs.cypress.io/guides/continuous-integration/github-actions through docs: updates to github action guide #5212?

[MikeMcC399]

The repo https://github.com/cypress-io/todomvc is no longer archived.

Although the demo uses Cypress 7.0.0, it currently still works, even though it produces GitHub Actions deprecation notices.

Since it still works, I'm now closing this issue. It could be replaced with an enhancement suggestion to update.

[MikeMcC399]

The repo https://github.com/cypress-io/todomvc was archived again on May 16, 2024.

In the meantime the page has moved to https://docs.cypress.io/app/continuous-integration/github-actions