GitHub Actions- GO build and test template

# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions

name: build and test

# Controls when the action will run. 
on:
  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the main branch
  push:
    branches: [ main ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ main ]

  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
  workflow_dispatch:

# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
jobs:
  # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
  build:
    # The type of runner that the job will run on
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
    steps:
      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      # Sets up and installs Golang
      - name: Setup Go environment
        uses: actions/[email protected]
      # Run the go compile tooling using command line go build
      - name: Build
        run: go build -v ./...
      # Run unit tests that are available 
      - name: Test
        # Notice the | ? This is used to run MULTIPLE command lines in one run.
        run: |
          go test -v ./...
          echo Complete