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In New vibrant public Repositories, kindly show automated work of GitHub Actions in deployment pipeline, and best enabling CI/CD.

[abdulrehmanwaseem]

To showcase GitHub Actions for automating deployment pipelines and enable CI/CD in your public repositories, you can follow these steps to create a workflow that automates testing, building, and deploying your applications. Here's a general approach that works for most projects:

### 1. **Create a `.github/workflows` Directory**
   In each repository where you want to automate CI/CD, create a directory for your GitHub Action workflows.

mkdir -p .github/workflows

### 2. **Create a Workflow File**
Inside the `.github/workflows` directory, create a YAML file (e.g., `ci.yml` or `deploy.yml`) that defines your workflow.

```yaml
name: CI/CD Pipeline

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - name: Checkout Code
      uses: actions/checkout@v2

    - name: Set up Node.js
      uses: actions/setup-node@v3
      with:
        node-version: '16'

    - name: Install Dependencies
      run: npm install

    - name: Run Tests
      run: npm test

  deploy:
    needs: build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'

    steps:
    - name: Checkout Code
      uses: actions/checkout@v2

    - name: Deploy to Production
      run: |
        echo "Deploying the application..."
        # Add your deployment script/command here

3. Key Sections Explained

• Trigger Events (on): The workflow is triggered on push or pull_request to the main branch.
• Jobs:
  • Build: This job runs tests and checks the integrity of the code.
  • Deploy: Only triggered if the build job succeeds, it performs the deployment process.
• Set up Node.js: The action actions/setup-node@v3 ensures the right Node.js version is used.
• Deployment Step: Customize the run step with your actual deployment command, whether it's deploying to a server, cloud provider, or container registry.

4. Best Practices for CI/CD:

• Separate Build and Deploy Jobs: Use needs: build in the deploy job to ensure deployment only happens if the build job passes.
• Test Coverage: Add steps for code coverage, using a service like Coveralls or Codecov.
• Environment Variables: Store sensitive information like API keys, tokens, and secrets in the GitHub repository’s Secrets.
• Continuous Deployment: Optionally, enable deployments for every push to the main branch, or use GitHub environments for staging/production separation.

5. Example for a Node.js Application

If you have a Node.js app, the above workflow would automatically run your tests, and upon success, deploy the application to your hosting service.

6. Enable CI/CD for Vibrant Repositories

• In your README, include a status badge to display the result of the CI/CD pipeline:

  ![CI/CD](https://github.com/username/repo/workflows/CI/badge.svg)

   - Document the pipeline workflow clearly so contributors know how the CI/CD process is structured and how their contributions will be automatically tested and deployed.

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