tox-gh-actions 2.2.0

Seamless integration of tox into GitHub Actions

tox-gh-actions

tox-gh-actions is a tox plugin which helps running tox on GitHub Actions with multiple different Python versions on multiple workers in parallel. This project is inspired by tox-travis.

Features

When running tox on GitHub Actions, tox-gh-actions

• detects which environment to run based on configurations and
• privides utilities such as grouping log lines.

Usage

1. Add configurations under [gh-actions] section along with tox's configuration.

   • It will be pyproject.toml, tox.ini, or setup.cfg. See tox's documentation for more details.

2. Install tox-gh-actions package in the GitHub Actions workflow before running tox command.

Examples

Basic Example

The following configuration will create 5 jobs when running the workflow on GitHub Actions.

• On Python 2.7 job, tox runs py27 environment
• On Python 3.6 job, tox runs py36 environment
• On Python 3.7 job, tox runs py37 environment
• On Python 3.8 job, tox runs py38 and mypy environments
• On Python 3.9 job, tox runs py39 environment

tox-gh-actions Configuration

Add [gh-actions] section to the same file as tox's cofiguration.

If you're using tox.ini:

[tox]
envlist = py27, py36, py37, py38, py39, mypy

[gh-actions]
python =
    2.7: py27
    3.6: py36
    3.7: py37
    3.8: py38, mypy
    3.9: py39

[testenv]
...

If you're using setup.cfg:

[tox:tox]
envlist = py27, py36, py37, py38, py39, mypy

[gh-actions]
python =
    2.7: py27
    3.6: py36
    3.7: py37
    3.8: py38, mypy
    3.9: py39

[testenv]
...

If you're using pyproject.toml:

[tool.tox]
legacy_tox_ini = """
[tox]
envlist = py27, py36, py37, py38, py39, mypy

[gh-actions]
python =
    2.7: py27
    3.6: py36
    3.7: py37
    3.8: py38, mypy
    3.9: py39

[testenv]
"""

Workflow Configuration

.github/workflows/<workflow>.yml:

name: Python package

on: [push]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      max-parallel: 5
      matrix:
        python-version: [2.7, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9]

    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
      with:
        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
    - name: Install dependencies
      run: |
        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
        pip install tox tox-gh-actions
    - name: Test with tox
      run: tox

Advanced Examples

Factor-Conditional Settings: Python Version

The following configuration will create 2 jobs when running the workflow on GitHub Actions.

• On Python 2.7 job, tox runs py27-django111 environment
• On Python 3.7 job, tox runs py37-django111 and py37-django20 environments

tox.ini:

[tox]
envlist = py27-django{111}, py37-django{111,20}

[gh-actions]
python =
    2.7: py27
    3.7: py37

[testenv]
...

PyPy is also supported in the python configuration key.

tox.ini:

[tox]
envlist = py27, py38, pypy2, pypy3

[gh-actions]
python =
    2.7: py27
    3.8: py38, mypy
    pypy2: pypy2
    pypy3: pypy3

[testenv]
...

Factor-Conditional Settings: Environment Variable

You can also use environment variable to decide which environment to run. The following is an example to install different dependency based on platform. It will create 12 jobs when running the workflow on GitHub Actions.

• On Python 2.7/ubuntu-latest job, tox runs py27-linux environment
• On Python 3.5/ubuntu-latest job, tox runs py35-linux environment
• and so on.

.github/workflows/<workflow>.yml:

name: Python package

on: [push]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
    strategy:
      max-parallel: 4
      matrix:
        platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
        python-version: [2.7, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8]

    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
      with:
        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
    - name: Install dependencies
      run: |
        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
        pip install tox tox-gh-actions
    - name: Test with tox
      run: tox
      env:
        PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.platform }}

tox.ini:

[tox]
envlist = py{27,36,37,38}-{linux,macos,windows}

[gh-actions]
python =
    2.7: py27
    3.8: py38, mypy
    pypy2: pypy2
    pypy3: pypy3

[gh-actions:env]
PLATFORM =
    ubuntu-latest: linux
    macos-latest: macos
    windows-latest: windows

[testenv]
deps =
  <common dependency>
  linux: <Linux specific deps>
  macos: <macOS specific deps>
  windows: <Windows specific deps>
...

See tox's documentation about factor-conditional settings as well.

Overriding Environments to Run

Changed in 2.0: When a list of environments to run is specified explicitly via -e option or TOXENV environment variable (tox's help), tox-gh-actions respects the given environments and simply runs the given environments without enforcing its configuration.

Before 2.0, tox-gh-actions was always enforcing its configuration even when a list of environments is given explicitly.

Investigation

tox-gh-actions writes log messages using tox.reporter. This is handy for understanding behavior of tox-gh-actions and when debugging tox-gh-actions. To see the messages, please run tox -vv.