Allow running a command before the action

ammaraskar · Dec 24, 2019 · bbd4951 · bbd4951
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diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ inputs:
       The command used to build your documentation (defaults to `make html`)
     required: false
     default: make html
+  pre-build-command:
+    description:
+      Run before the build command, you can use this to install system level
+      dependencies.
+    required: false
 runs:
   using: 'docker'
   image: 'Dockerfile'
diff --git a/entrypoint.py b/entrypoint.py
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 # Github specific setup is done here to make it easy to test the action code
 # in isolation.
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if 'INPUT_PRE-BUILD-COMMAND' in os.environ:
+        pre_command = os.environ['INPUT_PRE-BUILD-COMMAND']
+        print("Running: {}".format(pre_command))
+        os.system(pre_command)
+
     github_env = action.GithubEnvironment(
         sha=os.environ['GITHUB_SHA'], repo=os.environ['GITHUB_REPOSITORY'],
         # For the GITHUB_TOKEN, we want to be able to proceed even if the