GitHub Action: support running without pre-action

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
52/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
github-actions, go
Domain
build-system, ci-cd

Research direction

Start by tracing the main action entry point and comparing it with .github/actions/prepare-gradle; inspect how binary installation is currently triggered. Done means the action works when invoked from a local composite action without pre-action support, while retaining the existing setup behavior.

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Description

In our repo we're using a composite action in the same repository that does all common setup steps like installing Java, Android SDK etc. I'd like to add this action to it, however it prints this "Warning: pre execution is not supported for local action from './.github/actions/prepare-gradle'", meaning that the binary will not be installed.
Could the main action check that the binary is installed and if not call install as well? Or could there be an option for this?

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Go
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