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Support different package managers / versions

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github-actions, javascript
Domain
ci-cd

Research direction

Start by reading the action's current configuration and workflow entry point to see how package-manager selection and versions are represented. Define how a single manager, a version, and a matrix should be specified, then verify that workflows run each requested combination; the payload names no files or tests.

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Description

enhancement

It should be possible to specify a package manager, package manager version or even a matrix of package managers.

Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
12
Forks
3
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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