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# CHANGELOG

- feat: Add deletion of stack after destroy (remove flag)
- docs: Advise setting GITHUB_TOKEN to avoid rate limits

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stack-name: org-name/stack-name
env:
PULUMI_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PULUMI_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # Avoid GitHub rate limits (see below)
```
This will check out the existing directory and run `pulumi preview`.
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values are `up` (update), `refresh`, `destroy` and `preview`.

- `stack-name` (required) - The name of the stack that Pulumi will be operating
on. Use the fully quaified org-name/stack-name when operating on a stack outside
of your individual account.
on. Use the fully quaified org-name/stack-name when operating on a stack
outside of your individual account.

- `work-dir` (optional) - The location of your Pulumi files. Defaults to `./`.

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`Pulumi.<stack-name>.yaml` file that you will need to add back to source
control as part of the action if you wish to perform any further tasks with
that stack.
- `remove` - (optional) Removes the target stack if all resources are
destroyed. Used only with `destroy` command.
- `remove` - (optional) Removes the target stack if all resources are destroyed.
Used only with `destroy` command.
- `pulumi-version` - (optional) Install a specific version of the Pulumi CLI.
Defaults to "^3"

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`PULUMI_ACCESS_TOKEN` then you will need to specify an alternative backend via
the `cloud-url` argument.

If you are using any Pulumi plugins then you should also set the `GITHUB_TOKEN`
environment variable in order to avoid hitting GitHub rate limits. The easiest
way to do this is to set it to the automatically created
`${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}` (see
[Automatic token authentication](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/automatic-token-authentication)
in the GitHub docs for more).

### Stack Outputs

[Stack outputs](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/intro/concepts/stack/#outputs) are
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id: pulumi
env:
PULUMI_CONFIG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.PULUMI_CONFIG_PASSPHRASE }}
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
with:
command: up
cloud-url: gs://my-bucket
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