[CI] Revert "Restrict `[actions].DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` to only `github` or `self` (#25581)"

This reverts commit 67bd9d4f1e.

(cherry picked from commit 0547e94023)
(cherry picked from commit d21ad654ad)
(cherry picked from commit b905e9d838)
(cherry picked from commit 251a5bf235b1723bc2bc324f9e8c03a8668bb5ae)

custom/conf/app.example.ini

@@ -2556,8 +2556,8 @@ LEVEL = Info
 ;; Enable/Disable actions capabilities
 ;ENABLED = false
 ;;
-;; Default platform to get action plugins, `github` for `https://github.com`, `self` for the current Gitea instance.
+;; Default address to get action plugins, e.g. the default value means downloading from "https://gitea.com/actions/checkout" for "uses: actions/checkout@v3"
-;DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL = github
+;DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL = https://gitea.com
 
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docs/content/administration/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md

@@ -1377,22 +1377,39 @@ PROXY_HOSTS = *.github.com
 ## Actions (`actions`)
 
 - `ENABLED`: **false**: Enable/Disable actions capabilities
-- `DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL`: **github**: Default platform to get action plugins, `github` for `https://github.com`, `self` for the current Gitea instance.
+- `DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL`: **https://gitea.com**: Default address to get action plugins, e.g. the default value means downloading from "<https://gitea.com/actions/checkout>" for "uses: actions/checkout@v3"
 - `STORAGE_TYPE`: **local**: Storage type for actions logs, `local` for local disk or `minio` for s3 compatible object storage service, default is `local` or other name defined with `[storage.xxx]`
 - `MINIO_BASE_PATH`: **actions_log/**: Minio base path on the bucket only available when STORAGE_TYPE is `minio`
 
-`DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` indicates where the Gitea Actions runners should find the actions with relative path.
+`DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` indicates where should we find the relative path action plugin. i.e. when use an action in a workflow file like
-For example, `uses: actions/checkout@v3` means `https://github.com/actions/checkout@v3` since the value of `DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` is `github`.
-And it can be changed to `self` to make it `root_url_of_your_gitea/actions/checkout@v3`.
 
-Please note that using `self` is not recommended for most cases, as it could make names globally ambiguous.
+```yaml
-Additionally, it requires you to mirror all the actions you need to your Gitea instance, which may not be worth it.
+name: versions
-Therefore, please use `self` only if you understand what you are doing.
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - releases/*
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+```
 
-In earlier versions (<= 1.19), `DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` cound be set to any custom URLs like `https://gitea.com` or `http://your-git-server,https://gitea.com`, and the default value was `https://gitea.com`.
+Now we need to know how to get actions/checkout, this configuration is the default git server to get it. That means we will get the repository via git clone ${DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL}/actions/checkout and fetch tag v3.
-However, later updates removed those options, and now the only options are `github` and `self`, with the default value being `github`.
+
-However, if you want to use actions from other git server, you can use a complete URL in `uses` field, it's supported by Gitea (but not GitHub).
+To help people who don't want to mirror these actions in their git instances, the default value is https://gitea.com
-Like `uses: https://gitea.com/actions/checkout@v3` or `uses: http://your-git-server/actions/checkout@v3`.
+To help people run actions totally in their network, they can change the value and copy all necessary action repositories into their git server.
+
+Of course we should support the form in future PRs like
+
+```yaml
+steps:
+  - uses: gitea.com/actions/checkout@v3
+```
+
+although Github don't support this form.
 
 ## Other (`other`)
 

modules/setting/actions.go

@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ package setting
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
-
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
 )
 
 // Actions settings
@@ -16,36 +13,13 @@ var (
 		LogStorage        *Storage // how the created logs should be stored
 		ArtifactStorage   *Storage // how the created artifacts should be stored
 		Enabled           bool
-		DefaultActionsURL defaultActionsURL `ini:"DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL"`
+		DefaultActionsURL string `ini:"DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL"`
 	}{
 		Enabled:           false,
-		DefaultActionsURL: defaultActionsURLGitHub,
+		DefaultActionsURL: "https://gitea.com",
 	}
 )
 
-type defaultActionsURL string
-
-func (url defaultActionsURL) URL() string {
-	switch url {
-	case defaultActionsURLGitHub:
-		return "https://github.com"
-	case defaultActionsURLSelf:
-		return strings.TrimSuffix(AppURL, "/")
-	default:
-		// This should never happen, but just in case, use GitHub as fallback
-		return "https://github.com"
-	}
-}
-
-const (
-	defaultActionsURLGitHub = "github" // https://github.com
-	defaultActionsURLSelf   = "self"   // the root URL of the self-hosted Gitea instance
-	// DefaultActionsURL only supports GitHub and the self-hosted Gitea.
-	// It's intentionally not supported more, so please be cautious before adding more like "gitea" or "gitlab".
-	// If you get some trouble with `uses: username/action_name@version` in your workflow,
-	// please consider to use `uses: https://the_url_you_want_to_use/username/action_name@version` instead.
-)
-
 func loadActionsFrom(rootCfg ConfigProvider) error {
 	sec := rootCfg.Section("actions")
 	err := sec.MapTo(&Actions)
@@ -53,19 +27,6 @@ func loadActionsFrom(rootCfg ConfigProvider) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to map Actions settings: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if urls := string(Actions.DefaultActionsURL); urls != defaultActionsURLGitHub && urls != defaultActionsURLSelf {
-		url := strings.Split(urls, ",")[0]
-		if strings.HasPrefix(url, "https://") || strings.HasPrefix(url, "http://") {
-			log.Error("[actions] DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL does not support %q as custom URL any longer, fallback to %q",
-				urls,
-				defaultActionsURLGitHub,
-			)
-			Actions.DefaultActionsURL = defaultActionsURLGitHub
-		} else {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unsupported [actions] DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL: %q", urls)
-		}
-	}
-
 	// don't support to read configuration from [actions]
 	Actions.LogStorage, err = getStorage(rootCfg, "actions_log", "", nil)
 	if err != nil {

modules/setting/actions_test.go

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func Test_getStorageInheritNameSectionTypeForActions(t *testing.T) {
@@ -96,86 +95,3 @@ STORAGE_TYPE = minio
 	assert.EqualValues(t, "local", Actions.ArtifactStorage.Type)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, "actions_artifacts", filepath.Base(Actions.ArtifactStorage.Path))
 }
-
-func Test_getDefaultActionsURLForActions(t *testing.T) {
-	oldActions := Actions
-	oldAppURL := AppURL
-	defer func() {
-		Actions = oldActions
-		AppURL = oldAppURL
-	}()
-
-	AppURL = "http://test_get_default_actions_url_for_actions:3000/"
-
-	tests := []struct {
-		name    string
-		iniStr  string
-		wantErr assert.ErrorAssertionFunc
-		wantURL string
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "default",
-			iniStr: `
-[actions]
-`,
-			wantErr: assert.NoError,
-			wantURL: "https://github.com",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "github",
-			iniStr: `
-[actions]
-DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL = github
-`,
-			wantErr: assert.NoError,
-			wantURL: "https://github.com",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "self",
-			iniStr: `
-[actions]
-DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL = self
-`,
-			wantErr: assert.NoError,
-			wantURL: "http://test_get_default_actions_url_for_actions:3000",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "custom url",
-			iniStr: `
-[actions]
-DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL = https://gitea.com
-`,
-			wantErr: assert.NoError,
-			wantURL: "https://github.com",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "custom urls",
-			iniStr: `
-[actions]
-DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL = https://gitea.com,https://github.com
-`,
-			wantErr: assert.NoError,
-			wantURL: "https://github.com",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "invalid",
-			iniStr: `
-[actions]
-DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL = gitea
-`,
-			wantErr: assert.Error,
-			wantURL: "https://github.com",
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			cfg, err := NewConfigProviderFromData(tt.iniStr)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-			if !tt.wantErr(t, loadActionsFrom(cfg)) {
-				return
-			}
-			assert.EqualValues(t, tt.wantURL, Actions.DefaultActionsURL.URL())
-		})
-	}
-}

routers/api/actions/runner/utils.go

@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func generateTaskContext(t *actions_model.ActionTask) *structpb.Struct {
 		"workspace":         "",                                                   // string, The default working directory on the runner for steps, and the default location of your repository when using the checkout action.
 
 		// additional contexts
-		"gitea_default_actions_url": setting.Actions.DefaultActionsURL.URL(),
+		"gitea_default_actions_url": setting.Actions.DefaultActionsURL,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("structpb.NewStruct failed: %v", err)