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It was YAML but I actually really liked Drone CI's "In this container, run these commands" it was much more sane than GitHub Actions "Here's an environment we pre-installed a bunch of crap in, you can install the stuff you want every single time you run a workflow".

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You can specify a container image in GHA for a job to run in.

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/writing-workflows/choosin...

You can also do that in Gh. Gizlab does that, too. But I hate it. When you do this, every build becomes cargo culting commands until it works. Ntm every build it's is own special snowflake from hell. I want standardized builds which output everything I need (artifact, warnings, security issues etc) without me feeling like a necromancer. Gh solves this okayish, but extending and debugging is a pain.

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