nixpkgs/.github/workflows/check-by-name.yml

# Checks pkgs/by-name (see pkgs/by-name/README.md)
# using the nixpkgs-check-by-name tool (see pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name)
name: Check pkgs/by-name

# The pre-built tool is fetched from a channel,
# making it work predictable on all PRs.
on:
  # Using pull_request_target instead of pull_request avoids having to approve first time contributors
  pull_request_target

# The tool doesn't need any permissions, it only outputs success or not based on the checkout
permissions: {}

jobs:
  check:
    # This is x86_64-linux, for which the tool is always prebuilt on the nixos-* channels,
    # as specified in nixos/release-combined.nix
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Resolving the merge commit
        run: |
          if result=$(git ls-remote --exit-code ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.repo.clone_url }} refs/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/merge); then
            mergedSha=$(cut -f1 <<< "$result")
            echo "The PR appears to not have any conflicts, checking the merge commit $mergedSha"
          else
            echo "The PR may have a merge conflict"
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "mergedSha=$mergedSha" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          # pull_request_target checks out the base branch by default
          ref: ${{ env.mergedSha }}
          # Fetches the merge commit and its parents
          fetch-depth: 2
      - name: Determining PR git hashes
        run: |
          # For pull_request_target this is the same as $GITHUB_SHA
          echo "baseSha=$(git rev-parse HEAD^1)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"

          echo "headSha=$(git rev-parse HEAD^2)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
      - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v23
      - name: Determining channel to use for dependencies
        run: |
          echo "Determining which channel to use for PR base branch $GITHUB_BASE_REF"
          if [[ "$GITHUB_BASE_REF" =~ ^(release|staging|staging-next)-([0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9])$ ]]; then
              # Use the release channel for all PRs to release-XX.YY, staging-XX.YY and staging-next-XX.YY
              channel=nixos-${BASH_REMATCH[2]}
              echo "PR is for a release branch, using release channel $channel"
          else
              # Use the nixos-unstable channel for all other PRs
              channel=nixos-unstable
              echo "PR is for a non-release branch, using unstable channel $channel"
          fi
          echo "channel=$channel" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
      - name: Fetching latest version of channel
        run: |
          echo "Fetching latest version of channel $channel"
          # This is probably the easiest way to get Nix to output the path to a downloaded channel!
          nixpkgs=$(nix-instantiate --find-file nixpkgs -I nixpkgs=channel:"$channel")
          # This file only exists in channels
          rev=$(<"$nixpkgs"/.git-revision)
          echo "Channel $channel is at revision $rev"
          echo "nixpkgs=$nixpkgs" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
          echo "rev=$rev" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
      - name: Fetching pre-built nixpkgs-check-by-name from the channel
        run: |
          echo "Fetching pre-built nixpkgs-check-by-name from channel $channel at revision $rev"
          # Passing --max-jobs 0 makes sure that we won't build anything
          nix-build "$nixpkgs" -A tests.nixpkgs-check-by-name --max-jobs 0
      - name: Running nixpkgs-check-by-name
        run: |
          echo "Checking whether the check succeeds on the base branch $GITHUB_BASE_REF"
          git checkout -q "$baseSha"
          if baseOutput=$(result/bin/nixpkgs-check-by-name . 2>&1); then
            baseSuccess=1
          else
            baseSuccess=
          fi
          printf "%s\n" "$baseOutput"

          echo "Checking whether the check would succeed after merging this pull request"
          git checkout -q "$mergedSha"
          if mergedOutput=$(result/bin/nixpkgs-check-by-name . 2>&1); then
            mergedSuccess=1
            exitCode=0
          else
            mergedSuccess=
            exitCode=1
          fi
          printf "%s\n" "$mergedOutput"

          resultToEmoji() {
            if [[ -n "$1" ]]; then
              echo ":heavy_check_mark:"
            else
              echo ":x:"
            fi
          }

          # Print a markdown summary in GitHub actions
          {
            echo "| Nixpkgs version | Check result |"
            echo "| --- | --- |"
            echo "| Latest base commit | $(resultToEmoji "$baseSuccess") |"
            echo "| After merging this PR | $(resultToEmoji "$mergedSuccess") |"
            echo ""

            if [[ -n "$baseSuccess" ]]; then
              if [[ -n "$mergedSuccess" ]]; then
                echo "The check succeeds on both the base branch and after merging this PR"
              else
                echo "The check succeeds on the base branch, but would fail after merging this PR:"
                echo "\`\`\`"
                echo "$mergedOutput"
                echo "\`\`\`"
                echo ""
              fi
            else
              if [[ -n "$mergedSuccess" ]]; then
                echo "The check fails on the base branch, but this PR fixes it, nicely done!"
              else
                echo "The check fails on both the base branch and after merging this PR, unknown if only this PRs changes would satisfy the check, the base branch needs to be fixed first."
                echo ""
                echo "Failure on the base branch:"
                echo "\`\`\`"
                echo "$baseOutput"
                echo "\`\`\`"
                echo ""
                echo "Failure after merging this PR:"
                echo "\`\`\`"
                echo "$mergedOutput"
                echo "\`\`\`"
                echo ""
              fi
            fi

            echo "### Details"
            echo "- nixpkgs-check-by-name tool:"
            echo "  - Channel: $channel"
            echo "  - Nixpkgs commit: [$rev](https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/commit/$rev)"
            echo "  - Store path: \`$(realpath result)\`"
            echo "- Tested Nixpkgs:"
            echo "  - Base branch $GITHUB_BASE_REF"
            echo "  - Latest base branch commit: [$baseSha](https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/commit/$baseSha)"
            echo "  - Latest PR commit: [$headSha](https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/commit/$headSha)"
            echo "  - Merge commit: [$mergedSha](https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/commit/$mergedSha)"
          } >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"

          exit "$exitCode"