Cross Platform Action

Version updated for https://github.com/cross-platform-actions/action to version v1.0.0.

  • This action is used across all versions by 2,056 repositories.

Action Type

This is a Node action using Node version 24.

Go to the GitHub Marketplace to find the latest changes.

Action Summary

This GitHub Action enables workflows to run on multiple platforms, including non-native and less commonly supported operating systems, architectures, and versions such as FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Haiku, and OmniOS. It automates cross-platform compatibility testing by providing a simplified way to specify operating systems, architectures, and configurations within a CI/CD pipeline. Key capabilities include multi-OS support, fast execution, low overhead, and the ability to use various shells and environment variables.

What’s Changed

Fixed

  • Fix #108: Fix file ownership on Haiku after rsync, resolving git safe.directory errors

Changed

  • Breaking: Update the requirement of Node for running this action from version 20 to 24.

Removed

  • Breaking: Remove support for running on macOS runners. Only Linux runners (e.g. ubuntu-latest) are now supported. This was deprecated in v0.25.0.
  • Breaking: Remove the Xhyve hypervisor and the hypervisor input parameter. QEMU is now the only supported hypervisor. These were deprecated in v0.25.0.