Q15
What are Reusable Workflows, and how do they differ from composite actions?
💬Answer
Reusable Workflows allow you to define a complete workflow YAML file in a central repository and call it from other workflow files across multiple repositories (using uses: owner/repo/.github/workflows/reusable.yml@v1).
- Unlike composite actions, reusable workflows run as independent jobs, can contain multiple jobs, define environment boundaries, and support their own runner configurations.
- They are triggered using the
workflow_callevent and accept definedinputsandsecrets.
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