[GH-ISSUE #336] Support for "defaults" job statement #237

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opened 2026-03-01 21:41:41 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

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Originally created by @Ckarles on GitHub (Aug 16, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/336

It seems that defaults are not supported at the job level.
The folling is changing the working-directory for all subsequent tasks:

    defaults:
      run:
        working-directory: app

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_iddefaults

Originally created by @Ckarles on GitHub (Aug 16, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/336 It seems that `defaults` are not supported at the job level. The folling is changing the working-directory for all subsequent tasks: ```yaml defaults: run: working-directory: app ``` https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_iddefaults

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@cdb commented on GitHub (Sep 1, 2020):

Looks like this was fixed in https://github.com/nektos/act/pull/343

@cdb commented on GitHub (Sep 1, 2020): Looks like this was fixed in https://github.com/nektos/act/pull/343

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2026-03-01 21:41:42 +03:00

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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Nov 1, 2020):

Issue is stale and will be closed in 7 days unless there is new activity

@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Nov 1, 2020): Issue is stale and will be closed in 7 days unless there is new activity

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