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Triggered by https://github.com/stackrox/test-gh-actions/pull/285#discussion_r3902346504

Pre-merge TODO:

  • Update the reference to the install-relacs script.

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  • New Features

    • Installation now defaults to ${HOME}/.local/bin when no directory is specified.
    • Custom installation directories support $HOME expansion.
    • Installed binaries are cached by runner and release version.
    • The resolved installation directory is added to PATH.
    • Installation runs only when the binary is not cached, with caching after successful installation.
    • The installation directory option is now named relacs_install_dir.
  • Documentation

    • Updated usage guidance with the renamed installation option and custom directory configuration.

Walkthrough

The Relacs action renames its installation-directory input to relacs_install_dir, resolves the default directory, and uses it for caching, installation, and PATH updates. The README documents the same behavior.

Changes

Relacs installation flow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Installation directory contract
release/install-relacs/action.yml, release/install-relacs/README.md
The public input is renamed to relacs_install_dir. The action resolves ${HOME}/.local/bin when the input is empty. The README updates the option and usage example.
Resolved directory execution
release/install-relacs/action.yml
The resolved directory is used for cache restore, cache-miss installation, PATH, and success-gated cache save. Bash output handling uses quoted command substitution and tee. The installer reference uses the improvement branch.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 8bcc2

The action now uses the relacs_install_dir input consistently for installation, caching, and PATH updates, with matching README documentation. No merge-blocking risk is currently identified.

Suggested reviewers: msugakov, kurlov, parametalol, vikin91

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding a configurable installation directory for relacs.
Description check ✅ Passed The description is related to the changeset. It identifies the triggering discussion and the required update to the install-relacs script reference.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
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In `@release/install-relacs/action.yml`:
- Line 60: Update the installer download URL in the action’s install-relacs flow
to replace the mutable tm/install-relacs-improvement ref with the full reviewed
commit SHA, while preserving the existing installer path and execution behavior.
- Line 68: Add the explicit id install-relacs to the step invoking the Relacs
installation so the existing steps.install-relacs.outcome condition resolves and
successful cache misses save the binary.
- Line 8: Update the action’s binary_dir handling so its input default is empty,
then resolve $HOME/.local/bin in the Bash setup step and reuse that step output
for BINARY_DIR and both cache paths instead of the literal ${HOME} value. Update
the corresponding usage documentation in README.md.

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gh api \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.raw" \
"/repos/stackrox/relacs/contents/scripts/install-relacs.sh" \
"/repos/stackrox/relacs/contents/scripts/install-relacs.sh?ref=tm/install-relacs-improvement" \

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TODO: update before merging.

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@tommartensen, acknowledged. Keep this thread open until the installer reference uses a reviewed full commit SHA.

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In `@release/install-relacs/action.yml`:
- Around line 20-27: Update the binary-dir resolution step so the input default
is empty, then assign BINARY_DIR to "${HOME}/.local/bin" when no input is
provided before writing the path output; preserve explicitly supplied input
directories unchanged.
- Line 78: Update the GitHub Actions step that writes
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env:
BINARY_DIR: ${{ inputs.binary_dir }}
run: |
if [ -z "${BINARY_DIR}" ]; then

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Please change LLM's defaults to always use [[ instead of [.

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BINARY_DIR="${BINARY_DIR//\$\{HOME\}/$HOME}"
BINARY_DIR="${BINARY_DIR//\$HOME/$HOME}"
fi
echo "path=${BINARY_DIR}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"

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Please prefer | tee -a over >> unless dealing with secrets.

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BINARY_DIR="${BINARY_DIR//\$\{HOME\}/$HOME}"
BINARY_DIR="${BINARY_DIR//\$HOME/$HOME}"

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What's this? Expanding $HOME variable if it's mentioned in $BINARY_DIR?
It wouldn't work correctly with binary_dir: $HOME_SWEET_HOME/my/relacs, but that's an edge case. Or maybe not.

If you think we need this as a feature, I suggest to add this to a description of binary_dir input. When you do so, please mention that only the expansion of $HOME is supported, not other environment variables.

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inputs:
binary_dir:
description: "Directory where to install `relacs` binary"

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It'd be good if you mention in this description: what happens when binary_dir isn't specified.

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if [ -n "${VERSION:-}" ]; then
echo "Using version override: ${VERSION}"
else
VERSION=$(gh release view --repo stackrox/relacs --json tagName --jq .tagName)

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Please instruct LLM to quote command substitutions.

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VERSION=$(gh release view --repo stackrox/relacs --json tagName --jq .tagName)
VERSION="$(gh release view --repo stackrox/relacs --json tagName --jq .tagName)"

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id: get-relacs-from-cache
uses: actions/cache/restore@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # ratchet:actions/cache/restore@v6
with:
path: ${{ steps.binary-dir.outputs.path }}/relacs

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We're almost there but this time relacs binary name is an assumption. What if we change something in the future and the binary starts being named like relacs-linux-amd64? I suggest we don't just configure binary dir but the full binary path.

tommartensen and others added 2 commits September 9, 2026 14:05
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Renames the action input parameter and related identifiers to be more
specific to relacs installation. Also improves the parameter description
to document the default value.

Changes:
- Input parameter: binary_dir → relacs_install_dir
- Step ID: binary-dir → relacs-install-dir
- Environment variable: BINARY_DIR → RELACS_INSTALL_DIR
- Updated description to include default value
- Updated README documentation

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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