Action-Test - [🚀 [Feature]: Support installing prerelease PowerShell versions #16] by @MariusStorhaug #398
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| name: Action-Test | |
| run-name: "Action-Test - [${{ github.event.pull_request.title }} #${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}] by @${{ github.actor }}" | |
| on: | |
| workflow_dispatch: | |
| pull_request: | |
| schedule: | |
| - cron: '0 0 * * *' | |
| concurrency: | |
| group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }} | |
| cancel-in-progress: true | |
| permissions: | |
| contents: read | |
| pull-requests: read | |
| jobs: | |
| ActionTestBasic: | |
| strategy: | |
| fail-fast: false | |
| matrix: | |
| os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macOS-latest] | |
| version: ['latest', 'prerelease', '7.4.7', '7.5.0', '7.4.0-preview.5'] | |
| runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }} | |
| name: '${{ matrix.os }} - [${{ matrix.version }}]' | |
| steps: | |
| - name: Checkout repo | |
| uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2 | |
| with: | |
| persist-credentials: false | |
| - name: Action-Test | |
| uses: ./ | |
| with: | |
| Version: ${{ matrix.version == 'prerelease' && 'latest' || matrix.version }} | |
| Prerelease: ${{ matrix.version == 'prerelease' && 'true' || 'false' }} | |
| - name: Verify installed version | |
| shell: pwsh | |
| env: | |
| GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }} | |
| run: | | |
| # Requested version that came from the matrix | |
| $requested = '${{ matrix.version }}' | |
| # When 'prerelease' → resolve to latest prerelease | |
| if ($requested.Trim().ToLower() -eq 'prerelease') { | |
| $releases = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'https://api.github.com/repos/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases' ` | |
| -Headers @{ | |
| 'Accept' = 'application/vnd.github+json' | |
| 'Authorization' = "Bearer $($env:GITHUB_TOKEN)" | |
| 'X-GitHub-Api-Version' = '2022-11-28' | |
| } | |
| $latestPrerelease = $releases | Where-Object { $_.prerelease -eq $true } | Select-Object -First 1 | |
| if (-not $latestPrerelease) { | |
| throw "No prerelease releases found for PowerShell/PowerShell." | |
| } | |
| $requested = $latestPrerelease.tag_name.TrimStart('v') | |
| Write-Host "Resolved 'prerelease' → $requested" | |
| } | |
| # When empty / 'null' / 'latest' → resolve to latest stable release | |
| elseif ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($requested) -or | |
| $requested.Trim().ToLower() -in @('latest','null')) { | |
| $requested = ( | |
| Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'https://api.github.com/repos/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/latest' ` | |
| -Headers @{ | |
| 'Accept' = 'application/vnd.github+json' | |
| 'Authorization' = "Bearer $($env:GITHUB_TOKEN)" | |
| 'X-GitHub-Api-Version' = '2022-11-28' | |
| } | |
| ).tag_name.TrimStart('v') | |
| Write-Host "Resolved 'latest' → $requested" | |
| } | |
| # On Windows, always verify by launching pwsh from the known install directory. | |
| # This avoids relying on PATH resolution, which may still point to the pre-installed | |
| # version if the runner's environment hasn't refreshed after the MSI install. | |
| if ($IsWindows) { | |
| $isPrerelease = $requested -match '-' | |
| $majorVersion = ($requested -split '[\.-]')[0] | |
| $installDir = if ($isPrerelease) { "$majorVersion-preview" } else { $majorVersion } | |
| $pwshPath = "$env:ProgramFiles\PowerShell\$installDir\pwsh.exe" | |
| Write-Host "Windows: verifying via subprocess at $pwshPath" | |
| if (Test-Path $pwshPath) { | |
| $installed = (& $pwshPath -NoLogo -NoProfile -Command '$PSVersionTable.PSVersion.ToString()') | |
| } else { | |
| Write-Host "Warning: Expected pwsh not found at $pwshPath, falling back to `$PSVersionTable" | |
| $installed = ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion).ToString() | |
| } | |
| } else { | |
| $installed = ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion).ToString() | |
| } | |
| Write-Host "Installed PowerShell version: $installed" | |
| Write-Host "Expected PowerShell version: $requested" | |
| if ($installed -ne $requested) { | |
| throw "Failed: expected $requested but got $installed" | |
| } |