Setup Common Lisp on GitHub Runners

This GitHub Action installs Common Lisp implementations on GitHub Runners.

This action is complemented by other actions related to the Common Lisp eco system:

• setup-quicklisp
• asdf-operate
• run-common-lisp-program
• make-lisp-system-documentation-texinfo

Usage

Create a workflow file in the.github/workflows directory of your working copy. This workflow file should use a MacOS runner or a Ubuntu Runner and use the branch v1 of this action.

An example workflow is available below. See the GitHub Help Documentation for Creating a workflow file to get started with GitHub workflows.

Outcomes

Once the action has been executed succesfully, the required Common Lisp implementation is installed on the runner and can be used.

Inputs

• implementation — The Common Lisp implementation to setup. This can be one of the values abcl ecl sbcl and in the future we would like to support all of abcl clasp clisp ecl gcl sbcl and maybe other implementations. Please open an issue to express interest for other implementations.

Outputs

• lisp-implementation-type: The implementation type for Common Lisp.
• lisp-implementation-version: The implementation version for Common Lisp.
• lisp-implementation-init-filename: The user initialisation file associated to the GitHub runner user for the selected implementation.

Example worflow

jobs:
  install-common-lisp:
    strategy:
      matrix:
        implementation: ['abcl', 'clisp', 'ecl', 'sbcl']
        os: ['ubuntu-latest', 'macos-11', 'macos-12', 'macos-13']
    runs-on: '${{ matrix.os }}'
    name: 'Install Common Lisp'
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: 'Install MacPorts'
        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
        uses: melusina-org/setup-macports@v1
      - uses: ./
        id: common-lisp
        with:
          implementation: '${{ matrix.implementation }}'
      - name: 'Validate installed implementation'
        run: >-
          test "${{ steps.common-lisp.outputs.implementation }}" = '${{ matrix.implementation }}'

License

The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License