This action runs the Ruby Markdown linter mdl on every Markdown file in the repository.

Optional The path to the style file for mdl to use. See Creating styles to learn about markdownlint style files, and RULES.md for the individual rules.

Optional The path to run mdl against when linting markdown files. Defaults to current directory . if a directory is not specified.

uses: bewuethr/mdl-action@v1
with:
  style-file: .github/workflows/style.rb

uses: bewuethr/mdl-action@v1
with:
  style-file: .github/workflows/style.rb
  directory: tests

An example style file might look like this:

all

# Don't enforce line length in code blocks
rule "MD013", code_blocks: false

# Allow duplicate titles
exclude_rule "MD024"

# Allow titles to end in question marks
rule "MD026", punctuation: ".,;:!"

# Don"t force ordered lists with 1. 1. 1.
rule "MD029", style: :ordered

# Allow inline HTML
exclude_rule "MD033"

To get the latest version of a major release, the major release without minor and patch release can be used.

To get the latest version of a minor release, the minor release without the patch release can be used.

For example: if the latest release is v1.1.2,

uses: bewuethr/mdl-action@v1

and

uses: bewuethr/[email protected]

and

uses: bewuethr/[email protected]

will fetch v1.1.2. The advantage of using just @v1 is that minor releases and patches are included without requiring a change; the advantage of using @v1.1.2 is knowing that the action does 100% the same thing every time.

This is done via the release-tag-tracker action.