Github actions share workspace/artifacts between jobs?

Trying to use Github's beta actions, I have two jobs, one that builds the code and then one that will deploy code. However, I can't seem to get the build artifact in deploy job.

My latest attempt is to manually set a container image with the same volumes for each job, according to docs this should be solution: https://help.github.com/en/articles/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idcontainervolumes

> Sets an array of volumes for the container to use. You can use volumes to share data between services or other steps in a job. You can specify named Docker volumes, anonymous Docker volumes, or bind mounts on the host.

Workflow

name: CI
on:
  push:
    branches:
    - master
    paths:
    - .github/workflows/server.yml
    - server/*
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    container:
      image: docker://node:10
      volumes:
      - /workspace:/github/workspace
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@master
    - run: yarn install
      working-directory: server
    - run: yarn build
      working-directory: server
    - run: yarn test
      working-directory: server
    - run: ls
      working-directory: server
  deploy:
    needs: build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    container:
      image: docker://google/cloud-sdk:latest
      volumes:
      - /workspace:/github/workspace
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@master
      - run: ls
        working-directory: server
      - run: gcloud --version

The first job (build) has a build directory, but when the second job (deploy) runs it doesn't and only contains the source code.

This project is a mono repo with code I'm trying to deploy being under path server hence all the working-directory flags.

You can use the Github Actions upload-artifact and download-artifact to share data between jobs.

In job1:

steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v1

- run: mkdir -p path/to/artifact

- run: echo hello > path/to/artifact/world.txt

- uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
  with:
    name: my-artifact
    path: path/to/artifact

And job2:

steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@master

- uses: actions/download-artifact@master
  with:
    name: my-artifact
    path: path/to/artifact
    
- run: cat path/to/artifact/world.txt

https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact
https://github.com/actions/download-artifact

If you are using the upload/download GitHub Actions, beware of the structure of the artifact.

Starting January 2020, see "GitHub Actions: Changes to artifact download experience":

> We have changed the artifact download experience in GitHub Actions so it no longer adds an extra root directory to the downloaded archive.

> Previously, if you uploaded the following files and folders as an artifact named foo, the downloaded archive would contain the following structure:

> foo/ |-- file1.txt |-- dir1/ | |-- dir1-file1.txt

> Now, you will get an archive that only contains the files and folders you uploaded:

> file1.txt dir1/ |-- dir1-file1.txt

For those interested in sharing a Docker image between two jobs, here is how I did it:

jobs:
  docker-build:
    name: Docker build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Build Docker image
        run: |
          docker build -t foo/bar:$GITHUB_SHA
          mkdir -p path/to/artifacts
          docker save foo/bar:$GITHUB_SHA > path/to/artifacts/docker-image.tar
          
      - name: Temporarily save Docker image
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
        with:
          name: docker-artifact
          path: path/to/artifacts
          retention-days: 1

  docker-deploy:
    name: Deploy to Docker Hub
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: docker-build
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Retrieve saved Docker image
        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
        with:
          name: docker-artifact
          path: path/to/artifacts

      - name: Docker load
        run: |
          cd path/to/artifacts
          docker load < docker-image.tar
          # docker_build_push.sh

Very inspired by https://github.com/unfor19/install-aws-cli-action/actions/runs/400601222/workflow

Merci @unfor19

Use Cache or Artifacts Upload/Download

Caching is used to re-use data/files between jobs or workflows while Artifacts are used to save files after workflow ended.