Syntax highlighting for repos that put composite workflows in directories other than `.github`

[alexrosenfeld10]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. It's often nice to put shared workflows in directories that make sense for consumers, like my-private-org/composite/some-team-name/their-reusable-workflow.yml. The extension works fine for resolving these workflows when they're used, but it doesn't syntax highlight or do anything when authoring these workflows. It seems to pay attention to .github/**/*.yml exclusively.

Describe the solution you'd like Configurable paths and options for which files should be parsed.

Additional context Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.

[alexrosenfeld10]

Right now I'm just doing this as a workaround, which offers way less functionality:

{
    "yaml.schemas": {
        "https://json.schemastore.org/github-action.json": [
            "composites/**/*.y*ml",
            "packages/*-action/action.yml"
        ]
    }
}

[alexrosenfeld10]

(btw, dependabot has the same problem. I opened up a sibling issue for it https://github.com/dependabot/dependabot-core/issues/6949)

[sprymiker]

+1

This could be configurable: https://github.com/github/vscode-github-actions/blob/main/src/workflow/documentSelector.ts#L2

:)

[dhorkin]

Best as i can tell, composite actions aren't supported whatsoever, regardless of their path. #46 is an issue for this.

For anyone who wants to use alexrosenfeld10's workaround, I figured out you need to have redhat.vscode-yaml installed

I cannot fathom how this isn't a priority, given composite actions are probably used more often than other types.

[briantist]

The original issue and subsequent comments are a little confusing. Is this issue supposed to be about composite actions, or about re-usable workflows?

Reusable workflows can only be in .github/workflows/ (and not even in any subdirectories).

Composite actions can be anywhere (even outside of .github/) but the file must be named action.yml so the their-reusable-workflow.yml file name in the example doesn't make sense I think.

[baxterjo]

Bumping this, looks like it was added to MP4 but that issue has been closed and it may have orphaned this one?