GH-200 Question #70: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

What are the mandatory requirements for publishing GitHub Actions to the GitHub Marketplace? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)

Options

• AThe action can be either in a public or private repository.
• BThe action's metadata file must be in the root directory of the repository.
• CThe action's name cannot match a user or organization on GitHub unless the user or organization
• DThe name should match with one of the existing GitHub Marketplace categories.
• EEach repository can contain a collection of actions as long as they are under the same

Explanation

Publishing a GitHub Action to the Marketplace requires the action.yml metadata file in the repository root and compliance with GitHub's action naming restrictions.

Common mistakes.

• A. Publishing to the GitHub Marketplace requires the action to be in a public repository; private repositories cannot be listed on the Marketplace.
• D. Marketplace categories improve discoverability and are selected during publishing, but matching an existing category name is not a mandatory requirement for a successful Marketplace listing.
• E. Each repository can only expose a single action at its root for Marketplace publishing; a single repository cannot be registered as multiple distinct Marketplace actions.

Concept tested. GitHub Marketplace action publishing mandatory requirements

Reference. https://docs.github.com/en/actions/sharing-automations/creating-actions/publishing-actions-in-github-marketplace

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