Dependencies Between Workflows on Github Actions

Question

I have a monorepo with two workflows:

.github/workflows/test.yml

name: test

on: [push, pull_request]

jobs:
  test-packages:
    runs-o         


        

Answer 1

Now it's possible to have dependencies between workflows on Github Actions using workflow_run.

Using this config, the Release workflow will work when the Run Tests workflow is completed.

name: Release
on:
  workflow_run:
    workflows: ["Run Tests"]
    branches: [main]
    types: 
      - completed

Answer 2

Update: It's now possible to create dependencies on workflows with workflow_run. See this answer.

Is there a way to create a dependency between workflows?

I don't think this is possible at the moment. Perhaps it's a feature they will add in future. Personally, I think it's more likely that a feature like CircleCI's orbs will get added to share common sections of workflows.

For an alternative solution, does putting it all in the same workflow like the following work for you? The deploy-packages job will only execute if a tag starting with v is being pushed.

name: my workflow
on: [push, pull_request]
jobs:
  test-packages:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
      - name: test packages
        run: echo "Running tests"
  deploy-packages:
    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: test-packages
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
      - name: deploy packages
        run: echo "Deploying packages"