Multi-Target Perl Versions

A GitHub Action that consolidates multiple perl-actions/perl-versions@v2 calls into a single step, ensuring version consistency across targets.

Designed for workflows that run tests on multiple platforms (Linux, macOS, Windows) with the same set of Perl versions. Rather than duplicating perl-versions call steps, this action fetches all requested version lists in one place.

Usage

jobs:
  perl-versions:
    uses: perl-actions/multi-target-perl-versions@v1
    with:
      since-perl:                     '5.14'
      with-target-perl-tester:        'true'
      with-target-macos:              'true'
      with-target-windows-strawberry: 'true'
      with-build-on:                  'true'

build-job:
  container:
    image: perldocker/perl-tester:${{ steps.perl-versions.outputs.build-on }}

test-macos:
  strategy:
    matrix:
      perl: ${{ fromJSON(steps.perl-versions.outputs.versions-target-macos) }}

Inputs

Input	Default	Description
since-perl	5.10	Oldest Perl version to include (e.g. 5.8)
until-perl	(newest available)	Newest Perl version of target to include (e.g. 5.38)
with-build-on	false	Fetch the newest perl-tester version for use as a build target
with-target-perl	true	Fetch versions for the perl target
with-target-perl-tester	true	Fetch versions for the perl-tester target
with-target-macos	false	Fetch versions for the macos target
with-target-windows-strawberry	false	Fetch versions for the windows-strawberry target

Outputs

Output	Description
build-on	Newest perl-tester version; empty string when not requested
versions-target-perl	JSON array of versions for the perl target; [] when not requested
versions-target-perl-tester	JSON array of versions for the perl-tester target; [] when not requested
versions-target-macos	JSON array of versions for the macos target; [] when not requested
versions-target-windows-strawberry	JSON array of versions for the windows-strawberry target; [] when not requested