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Runs regex on repositories, without doing the lengthy checkout! Supports ubuntu, windows and macos
v2.2.0
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By Tilation
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Multiplatform Regex

Doing Regex, on files on a cloud repository without doing a git checkout.

Multiplatform Test

Runner OS Notes
ubuntu Working fine
macos Working fine
windows Takes 1 minute longer, still fine

Example usage

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - 'main'

jobs:
  regex:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
   
    steps:
    - name: Multiplatform Regex
      id: regex
      uses: tilation/regex-on-repo
      with:
        github: ${{ github.repository }}
        ref:  'development'
        token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        regex: '`([^`\W]+)`'
        file: 'README.md'
        debug: true

Parameters:

Parameter name Parameter Type Required Parameter description Examples
github string true The owner and repository that owns the file. "tilation/regex-on-repo"
ref string true The reference to use for getting the file, can be a commit sha, branch name, or tag. "main" or "v1.5.3.2" or a commit SHA
token string true A github token that has read access to the repository. ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
regex string true The regex match string. "(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)"
file string true The directory to the file to read, relative to the root of the specified repository "README.MD"
debug boolean false Debug output toggle, will output to the console all the matches with every group. false by default. true

Ouput Variables

The output is exported completely, matches and groups, and its like this:

I highly recommend playing arround with the debug flag set to true.

Variable Description Example Variable Type
matches The amount of matches int
match_X_groups The amount of groups found in the Xth match, where X is a number starting from 0 (inclusive) match_0_groups int
match_X_group_Y The value for the Yth group of the Xth match, where X and Y are numbers starting from 0 (inclusive) match_0_group_0 string

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Multiplatform Regex is not certified by GitHub. It is provided by a third-party and is governed by separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support documentation.

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Runs regex on repositories, without doing the lengthy checkout! Supports ubuntu, windows and macos
v2.2.0
Latest
By Tilation

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 (2)
code-searchutilities

Contributors (1)

@Tilation

Resources

Multiplatform Regex is not certified by GitHub. It is provided by a third-party and is governed by separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support documentation.