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I've found maintaining GitHub Actions workflow files is much easier when it's generated from Typescript. The latest realization is that the output yaml file can act like a lockfile. So I maintain `actions/checkout@v6`, but the generated output gets locked to a hash.

I've published a library here that also has tooling around this github.com/dsherret/gagen

github.comGitHub - dsherret/gagen: Generate complex GitHub Actions YAML files using a declarative API.Generate complex GitHub Actions YAML files using a declarative API. - dsherret/gagen

For how we used this in Deno's repo, see this blog post david.deno.dev/posts/gagen/

david.deno.devgagen - Writing complex GitHub Action workflow filesSpeeding up the Deno CI with the help of code generated workflow files.

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