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GitHub Actions Best Practices

GitHub Actions best practices for CI/CD workflows, caching, reusable workflows, security, and efficient pipeline design.

Difficulty
intermediate
Read time
1 min read
Version
v1.0.0
Confidence
established
Last updated

Quick Reference

GitHub Actions: Use actions/cache for dependencies. Pin action versions with SHA. Use reusable workflows for DRY. Parallel jobs where possible. Store secrets in GitHub Secrets. Use environments for deployment gates. OIDC for cloud auth (no long-lived tokens).

Use When

  • Setting up CI/CD pipelines
  • Automating builds and deployments
  • Creating GitHub Actions workflows
  • Optimizing pipeline performance

Skip When

  • Other CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, GitLab CI)
  • Simple scripts without automation needs

GitHub Actions Best Practices

GitHub Actions best practices for CI/CD workflows, caching, reusable workflows, security, and efficient pipeline design.

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github-actions cicd devops automation pipelines

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