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GitHub Actions – event filtering updates

We’ve updated the event filtering syntax for paths, branches and tags to better support common scenarios and address some customer feedback.

In the initial syntax it was not possible to match all files recursively as we did not support the ** glob.

Now you can simply specify a pattern like **/*.js to match all js files in all paths.

on:
  push:
    paths:
    - "**/*.js"

There was also confusion about how to always run except for changes under a certain folder.

Previously you had to first include all files and then negate some paths.

on:
  push:
    paths:
    - "*"
    - "!docs"

Now you can specify `paths-ignore`.

on:
  push:
    paths-ignore:
    - "docs/**"

Learn more about event filtering in GitHub Actions here.

Updates to GitHub Actions virtual environments

We’ve fully deployed several updates to the GitHub Actions virtual environments.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • Upgraded Ansible 2.8.4 to 2.8.5
  • Upgraded Azure CLI 2.0.71 to 2.0.73
  • Upgraded AWS CLI 1.16.221 to 1.16.241
  • Upgraded Firefox 68.0.2 to 69.0
  • Upgraded Google Chrome 76.0.3809.100 to 77.0.3865.90
  • Upgraded Google Cloud SDK 258.0.0 to 263.0.0
  • Added Go 1.13
  • Upgraded Heroku 7.28.0 to 7.30.0
  • Upgraded HHCM 4.19.0 to 4.23.0
  • Upgraded Gradle 5.6 to 5.6.2
  • Upgraded kubectl 1.15.3 to 1.15.4
  • Upgraded Mono 6.0.0.319 to 6.0.0.334
  • Upgraded Typescript 3.5.3 to 3.6.3
  • Upgraded Webpack 4.39.2 to 4.40.2
  • Upgraded Webpack CLI 3.3.7 to 3.3.9
  • Upgraded PHP 5.6.40-10 to 5.6.40-12
  • Upgraded PHP 7.0.33-10 to 7.0.33-11
  • Upgraded PHP 7.1.31-1 to 7.1.32-1
  • Upgraded PHP 7.2.21-1 to 7.2.22-1
  • Upgraded PHP 7.3.8-1 to 7.3.9-1
  • Upgraded PHPUnit 7.5.14 to 7.5.16
  • Upgraded Powershell 6.2.2 to 6.2.3
  • Upgraded rustup 1.18.3 to 1.19.0
  • Upgraded cbindgen 0.9.0 to 0.9.1
  • Upgraded Terraform 0.12.6 to 0.12.9
  • Upgraded vcpkg 2019.07.19 to 2019.09.12
  • Upgraded Zeit Now CLI 16.1.1 to 16.2.0
  • Added Android SDK 29, Android SDK Build-Tools 29.0.0, 29.0.2
  • Upgraded Android SDK Platform-Tools 29.0.2 to 29.0.4
  • Upgraded cached container images
  • Reduced the disk size to increase operational efficiency, resulting in a decrease of approximately 40GB of free space

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • Upgraded Ansible 2.8.4 to 2.8.5
  • Upgraded Azure CLI 2.0.71 to 2.0.73
  • Upgraded AWS CLI 1.16.221 to 1.16.241
  • Added .NET Core SDKs 2.1.509, 2.1.606, 2.1.802, 2.2.109, 2.2.206, 2.2.402
  • Upgraded Firefox 68.0.2 to 69.0
  • Upgraded Google Chrome 76.0.3809.100 to 77.0.3865.90
  • Upgraded Google Cloud SDK 258.0.0 to 263.0.0
  • Added Go 1.13
  • Upgraded Heroku 7.28.0 to 7.30.0
  • Upgraded HHCM 4.19.0 to 4.23.0
  • Upgraded Gradle 5.6 to 5.6.2
  • Upgraded kubectl 1.15.3 to 1.15.4
  • Upgraded Mono 6.0.0.319 to 6.0.0.334
  • Upgraded Typescript 3.5.3 to 3.6.3
  • Upgraded Webpack 4.39.2 to 4.40.2
  • Upgraded Webpack CLI 3.3.7 to 3.3.9
  • Upgraded PHP 7.1.31-1 to 7.1.32-1
  • Upgraded PHP 7.2.21-1 to 7.2.22-1
  • Upgraded PHP 7.3.8-1 to 7.3.9-1
  • Upgraded PHPUnit 7.5.14 to 7.5.16
  • Upgraded Powershell 6.2.2 to 6.2.3
  • Upgraded rustup 1.18.3 to 1.19.0
  • Upgraded cbindgen 0.9.0 to 0.9.1
  • Upgraded Terraform 0.12.6 to 0.12.9
  • Upgraded vcpkg 2019.07.19 to 2019.09.12
  • Upgraded Zeit Now CLI 16.1.1 to 16.2.0
  • Added Android SDK 29, Android SDK Build-Tools 29.0.0, 29.0.2
  • Upgraded Android SDK Platform-Tools 29.0.2 to 29.0.4
  • Upgraded cached container images
  • Reduced the disk size to increase operational efficiency, resulting in a decrease of approximately 40GB of free space

Windows Server 2019

  • Upgraded Docker 19.03.1 to 19.03.2
  • Upgraded Powershell Core 6.2.2. to 6.2.3
  • Upgraded Visual Studio 16.2 to 16.3
  • Upgraded cached container images
  • Added Android SDK 29, Android SDK Build-Tools 29.0.0, 29.0.2
  • Upgraded Azure CLI 2.0.70 to 2.0.74
  • Upgraded Ruby 2.4.5 to 2.4.6
  • Upgraded Ruby 2.5.3 to 2.5.5
  • Upgraded Ruby 2.6.1 to 2.6.3
  • Upgraded Git 2.22.0 to 2.23.0
  • Upgraded Git LFS 2.7.2 to 2.8.0
  • Added Go 1.13
  • Upgraded PHP 7.3.7 to 7.3.10
  • Upgraded Rust 1.36 to 1.37
  • Upgraded Google Chrome 75.0.3770.142 to 76.0.3809.132
  • Upgraded Firefox 68.0.1 to 69.0
  • Upgraded Chrome Driver 75.0.3770.140 to 76.0.3809.132
  • Upgraded Node 10.16.1 to 10.16.3
  • Downgraded and pinned npm 6.10.3 to 6.9.0
  • Upgraded Gradle 5.5.1 to 5.6.2
  • Upgraded Cmake 3.15.1 to 3.15.3
  • Upgraded SQL Server Data Tier Application Framework 15.0.4384.2 to 15.0.4538.1
  • Added .NET Core SDK 3.0.100 and Runtime 3.0.0
  • Upgraded .NET Core Runtime 2.1.12 to 2.1.13
  • Upgraded Typescript 3.5.3 to 3.6.3
  • Upgraded CosmosDb Emulator 2.4.5 to 2.5.6
  • Upgraded jq 1.5 to 1.6
  • Upgraded GitVersion 5.0.0.0 to 5.0.1.0
  • Upgraded Cloud Foundry CLI 6.46.0 to 6.46.1
  • Upgraded vcpkg 2019.07.18 to 2019.09.12

macOS 10.14

  • Set Xcode 10.3 by default
  • Upgraded OS X 10.14.6 (18G87) to OS X 10.14.6 (18G95)
  • Upgraded Node 12.8.1 to 12.10.0
  • Upgraded Powershell 6.2.2 to 6.2.3
  • Upgraded Ruby 2.6.3 to 2.6.4
  • Upgraded Go 1.12.9 to 1.13
  • Upgraded Homebrew 2.1.10 to 2.1.11
  • Upgraded Apache Maven 3.6.1 to 3.6.2
  • Upgraded curl 7.65.3 to 7.66.0
  • Upgraded GNU parallel 20190722 to GNU parallel 20190822
  • Upgraded fastlane 2.129.0 to fastlane 2.131.0
  • Upgraded Azure CLI 2.0.71 to 2.0.72
  • Upgraded Xcode 11-beta (11M382q) to 11.0 (11A420a)
  • Added xcversion 2.6.1
  • Added DriverKit 19.0
  • Upgraded Android SDK Platform-Tools 29.0.1 to 29.0.4
  • Upgraded Android SDK Platform 29, Revision 1 to 29, Revision 3
  • Added Android SDK Build-Tools 29.0.0, 29.0.2
  • Upgraded lldb 2.3.3614996 to 3.1.4508709
  • Upgraded Android Emulator 29.0.11 to 29.2.0
  • Upgraded Google API Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager Intel x86 Emulator Accelerator 7.3.2 to 7.5.1
  • Updated Visual Studio for Mac 8.1.5.9 to 8.2.6.26
  • Added Xamarin.iOS SDK 12.14.0.114
  • Added Xamarin.Android SDK 9.4.1.0
  • Added Xamarin.Mac SDK 5.16.1.17
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