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Reusable workflows can be referenced locally

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github-actions, typescript, vscode
Domain
ci-cd, devtools

Research direction

Start with the provided workflow reproducer and trace the VS Code extension's validation of the uses value. Confirm that a local .github/workflows/reusable-build.yml reference is accepted without an @{ref} suffix, and check the ctrl+click URL behavior for the reported tree/undefined case. Done means the error is removed for valid local references and navigation no longer produces that URL.

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Description

bug

Describe the bug

According to the blog post, Reusable workflows can be referenced locally, however VS Code extension does not support it yet, and instead complains about the lack of @{ref} part.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. With this simple workflow:
jobs:
  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - uses: '.github/workflows/reusable-build.yml'
  1. See error

It doesn't matter whether the reusable file reusable-build.yml actually exists.

Expected behavior

@{ref} part should be optional.

Screenshots

Image

Extension Version

v0.31.0

Additional context

Bonus bug: tree/undefined in the ctrl+click URL leads to a Not Found page.

Dominant language
TypeScript
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