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Exécuterning actions in another directory

ayi

<t>I've just started exploring Github actions however I've found myself placing a command in multiple places. 
 
I have a PHP project where the composer.json is not in the root, my structure looks like:

my-project:<br/>
    readme.md<br/>
    app:<br/>
        composer.json<br/>
<br/>
```<br/>
<br/>
Obviously there is more to it and there is a reason why, but my `composer.json` sits in a subdirectory called 'app'. As a result in my workflow, I have to cd into that folder every time to run a command:<br/>
<br/>
```<br/>
name: CI<br/>
<br/>
on: [push]<br/>
<br/>
jobs:<br/>
  phpunit:<br/>
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest<br/>
    steps:<br/>
      - uses: actions/checkout@v1<br/>
      - name: Setup Symfony<br/>
        run: |<br/>
          cd app<br/>
          cp .env.dev .env<br/>
      - name: Install Composer Dependencies<br/>
        run: |<br/>
          cd app<br/>
          composer install --prefer-dist<br/>
      - name: Run Tests<br/>
        run: |<br/>
          cd app<br/>
          php bin/phpunit<br/>
<br/>
```<br/>
<br/>
How can I remove the `cd app` in every stage?</t>

ayi

<t>Update: It's now possible to set a working-directory default for a job. See this answer. 
 
There is an option to set a working-directory on a step, but not for multiple steps or a whole job. I'm fairly sure this option only works for script steps, not action steps with uses. 
 
https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstepsrun 
 
Using working-directory, your workflow would look like this. It's still quite verbose but maybe a bit cleaner.

name: CI<br/>
<br/>
on: [push]<br/>
<br/>
jobs:<br/>
  phpunit:<br/>
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest<br/>
    steps:<br/>
      - uses: actions/checkout@v1<br/>
      - name: Setup Symfony<br/>
        working-directory: ./app<br/>
        run: cp .env.dev .env<br/>
      - name: Install Composer Dependencies<br/>
        working-directory: ./app<br/>
        run: composer install --prefer-dist<br/>
      - name: Run Tests<br/>
        working-directory: ./app<br/>
        run: php bin/phpunit<br/>
<br/>
```<br/>
<br/>
Alternatively, you can run it all in one step so that you only need to specify `working-directory` once.<br/>
<br/>
```<br/>
name: CI<br/>
<br/>
on: [push]<br/>
<br/>
jobs:<br/>
  phpunit:<br/>
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest<br/>
    steps:<br/>
      - uses: actions/checkout@v1<br/>
      - name: Setup and run tests<br/>
        working-directory: ./app<br/>
        run: |<br/>
          cp .env.dev .env<br/>
          composer install --prefer-dist<br/>
          php bin/phpunit<br/>
<br/>
```</t>