GitHub Pages Deploys from Actions: Static Sites
Automate static site builds and GitHub Pages deploys with configure-pages, upload-pages-artifact and deploy-pages actions in a single workflow.
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30 practical GitHub articles from Netbay Engineering — written for operators running Linux and Windows VPS in India.
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Building and Pushing Container Images in GitHub Actions
Build multi-arch container images with Docker Buildx in GitHub Actions, tag them with metadata-action, and push to a registry with layer caching.
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Keeping a Monorepo Sane: CODEOWNERS and Path-Scoped Checks
A large monorepo only stays usable with clear ownership. Use CODEOWNERS routing and path-scoped CI to keep review targeted and merges stay fast.
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OpenID Connect Instead of Static Secrets in GitHub Actions
Replace long-lived cloud credentials in GitHub Actions with OpenID Connect — short-lived minted tokens bound to your repository by a trust policy.
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Working with Artifacts and Dependency Caches in GitHub Actions
Share build outputs between jobs with GitHub Actions artifacts and speed up repeated installs with dependency caches — storage limits and patterns included.
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GitHub Apps vs PATs: Scoping Machine Access to Repos
A leaked personal token hands over your whole account. Scope every automation with a GitHub App or a fine-grained PAT — and rotate tokens by design.
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GitHub Actions Context and Expressions Explained
Master the GitHub Actions github, secrets, inputs, matrix and needs contexts, plus the expression functions that power every if condition and output.
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Matrix Strategy in GitHub Actions: Multiple OSs and Versions
Run several operating systems and runtime-version combinations with the GitHub Actions matrix strategy, plus include, exclude, fail-fast and parallel limits.
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Dependabot in Practice: Keeping Dependency Updates Boring
Turn Dependabot from a noise generator into a calm upgrade pipeline with scheduled, grouped, label-aware PRs that reviewers can ship quickly.
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Conditional Execution and Path Filtering in GitHub Actions
Use GitHub Actions if conditions and path filters to skip work that changes nothing, while keeping required checks honest, correct and your pipelines fast.
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Composite Actions: Between Step and Workflow Size
Bundle repeated step groups into reusable composite GitHub Actions that run inside the calling job with no extra checkout, to keep your pipeline files DRY.
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Auto-Assigning Reviewers and Labeling Pull Requests
Auto-assign reviewers from a rotating team list and label every PR by what it touches, so review load stays fair and nobody misses a change.
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