Support wildcard for actions packages

[fmeriaux]

Actually to update composite actions in a mono-repo, we have to declare something like:

version: 2
updates:
  # Maintain dependencies for GitHub Actions (/.github/workflows)
  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"

  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
    directory: "/actions/<my-custom-action-A>"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"

  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
    directory: "/actions/<my-custom-action-B>"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"

After some discussions (cf: #4178 (comment)), I think it could be interesting to manage wildcards for this kind of use.

version: 2
updates:
  # Maintain dependencies for GitHub Actions (/.github/workflows)
  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"

  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
    directory: "/actions/**"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"

[brrygrdn]

Hi @fmeriaux - wildcard configurations are something on our radar, but there's a little bit of a lift involved in terms of our scheduler so I don't have an ETA on this right now.

[jeffwidman]

This appears to be a duplicate of:

• Config file: Support Wildcards in directory #2178

That one is more generic, and so when we actually implement we may need to re-open this more specific ticket to track the specific changes necessary to enable actions... but I think the user-facing changes are all at the config file layer and generic across ecosystems so for now let's centralize the conversation over there.

If I'm wrong, please comment and we can reopen.

[nikaro]

Hello, it is not clear to me if directory: "/actions/**" will look into .github/actions/ or into actions/ at the root of the repo. Can someone enlight me? 🙏

[deivid-rodriguez]

Good question. We currently special case / to also look at .github/workflows but other than that, any directory configuration set looks exactly where instructed. So it should be actions/ at the root of the repo I believe.