Using Github Actions

GitHub Actions allows you to automate your software workflows. Pegasus apps optionally ship with Github actions support for a few things to build off.

If you’ve built with Github actions support, they should successfully run the first time you push your code to Github.

Actions are configured in the .github directory in your project. The following actions ship with Pegasus:

Running Django Tests

The Django tests are configured in .github/tests.yml.

By default, it will:

• Run on every push to the main branch and every pull request.
• Run on Python version 3.12 (other Python versions can be added by modifying the python-version list)
• Use the latest version of Postgres
• Run ./manage.py test

All of these can be changed by modifying the relevant sections of the .github/tests.yml file.

Building the Front End

The front end build is configured in .github/build_frontend.yml.

By default, it will:

• Run on every push to the main branch and every pull request.
• Run on Node version 22 (other Node versions can be added by modifying the node-version list).
• Run npm run build, ensuring your front end builds properly.
• Run npm run type-check, ensuring all type checks pass.

Any compilation errors in your JavaScript should show up as build failures.