README.md

Pester Github Action

Basic Usage

Create a GitHub Workflow

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
    pull_request:
      branches:
        - master
defaults:
  run:
    shell: pwsh
jobs:
  test_Pester_Action:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Run Pester
    steps:
    - name: checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Run pester tests
      id: pesterTests
      uses: PowerShell/GitHub-Actions/PesterActionV1@master
      with:
        script: './tests'
    - name: Upload pester results
      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
      with:
        name: pester-results
        path: ${{ steps.pesterTests.outputs.logPath }}

Other Inputs

Version

• What version of Pester to use. This defaults to the latest tested with the action.

Example:

    - name: Upload pester results
      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
      with:
        name: pester-results
        path: ${{ steps.pesterTests.outputs.logPath }
        version: 4.9

logFormat

• What format of the xml log file to use. This defaults to NUnitXml. The other option is JUnitXml.

Example:

    - name: Upload pester results
      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
      with:
        name: pester-results
        path: ${{ steps.pesterTests.outputs.logPath }
        logFormat: JUnitXml

tags

• What tags to run. This defaults to all tags.

Example which runs only myTag and myTag2:

    - name: Upload pester results
      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
      with:
        name: pester-results
        path: ${{ steps.pesterTests.outputs.logPath }
        tags: myTag,myTag2