Setup gh cli action

Note: This is a fork of ksivamuthu/actions-setup-gh-cli

This repo contains the github actions for installing gh cli in self hosted runners. The gh cli is available in the github hosted cloud runners. In self hosted runners, if you want to use the gh cli, you can use this action to install the gh cli.

Usage

To install the gh cli, use the actions as below:

 build:
   runs-on: [self-hosted]
   steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Install the gh cli
       uses: heyhayes/actions-setup-gh-cli@<VERSION>
       with:
         version: 2.24.3
         token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}  # Optional: to avoid rate limits
     - run: |
         gh version

Inputs

Input	Description	Required	Default
version	gh cli version to download	No	Latest version
archive_format	Format of the archive (tar.gz or zip)	No	tar.gz
token	GitHub token to avoid rate limits when fetching latest version	No	-

Rate Limits

When no specific version is provided, this action fetches the latest version from the GitHub API. To avoid rate limits, especially in high-usage scenarios, provide a token input with a GitHub token (typically ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}).