fix: configurable install dir for relacs by tommartensen · Pull Request #107 · stackrox/actions

tommartensen · 2026-09-08T07:54:54Z

Triggered by https://github.com/stackrox/test-gh-actions/pull/285#discussion_r3902346504

Pre-merge TODO:

Update the reference to the install-relacs script.

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Changes
- Installation configuration now uses one complete binary path instead of separate directory and filename settings.
- The default path is $HOME/.local/bin/relacs, with $HOME expansion supported.
- The installation path’s parent directory is added to PATH.
- Cache and version checks follow the resolved binary path and retain conditional caching after successful installation.
Documentation
- Updated installation guidance and examples to use the complete binary path.

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The Relacs action replaces separate binary-name and installation-directory inputs with one complete relacs_install_path input. It resolves this path for installation and caching, adds its parent directory to PATH, and updates the README.

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Relacs installation path

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Installation path contract `release/install-relacs/action.yml`, `release/install-relacs/README.md`	The action replaces `relacs_binary` and `relacs_install_dir` with `relacs_install_path`. The default path is `${HOME}/.local/bin/relacs`. The README documents the complete path format and usage.
Path resolution and installation flow `release/install-relacs/action.yml`	The action resolves the complete binary path and uses it for installation and cache operations. It adds the parent directory to `PATH`, uses the improvement-branch installer reference, and preserves success-gated cache saving.

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The configurable Relacs installation-path change has no identified merge-blocking risk in the supplied review evidence and is ready to merge with normal checks.

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In `@release/install-relacs/action.yml`:
- Line 60: Update the installer download URL in the action’s install-relacs flow
to replace the mutable tm/install-relacs-improvement ref with the full reviewed
commit SHA, while preserving the existing installer path and execution behavior.
- Line 68: Add the explicit id install-relacs to the step invoking the Relacs
installation so the existing steps.install-relacs.outcome condition resolves and
successful cache misses save the binary.
- Line 8: Update the action’s binary_dir handling so its input default is empty,
then resolve $HOME/.local/bin in the Bash setup step and reuse that step output
for BINARY_DIR and both cache paths instead of the literal ${HOME} value. Update
the corresponding usage documentation in README.md.

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In `@release/install-relacs/action.yml`:
- Around line 20-27: Update the binary-dir resolution step so the input default
is empty, then assign BINARY_DIR to "${HOME}/.local/bin" when no input is
provided before writing the path output; preserve explicitly supplied input
directories unchanged.
- Line 78: Update the GitHub Actions step that writes
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msugakov · 2026-09-09T10:20:26Z

+          BINARY_DIR="${BINARY_DIR//\$\{HOME\}/$HOME}"
+          BINARY_DIR="${BINARY_DIR//\$HOME/$HOME}"


What's this? Expanding $HOME variable if it's mentioned in $BINARY_DIR?
It wouldn't work correctly with binary_dir: $HOME_SWEET_HOME/my/relacs, but that's an edge case. Or maybe not.

If you think we need this as a feature, I suggest to add this to a description of binary_dir input. When you do so, please mention that only the expansion of $HOME is supported, not other environment variables.

I think it's a reasonable feature & I added it to the input doc.

How to deal with binary_dir: $HOME_SWEET_HOME/my/relacs? By bash rules $HOME_SWEET_HOME is a single variable. The current logic seems to be such that it would substitute $HOME part once found making it /home/runner_SWEET_HOME. Not what the user intended.

It's a bug anyway according to the action's current definition to try to provide anything but $HOME or ${HOME} but the current behavior will actually result in /home/runner_SWEET_HOME/my/relacs/relacs being created IIUC.

Please see updated code with sed replacements.
Verified only $HOME and ${HOME} are replaced, not $HOME_SWEET_HOME in https://github.com/tommartensen/test-gh-actions/actions/runs/34489103591/job/102910871969

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Renames the action input parameter and related identifiers to be more specific to relacs installation. Also improves the parameter description to document the default value. Changes: - Input parameter: binary_dir → relacs_install_dir - Step ID: binary-dir → relacs-install-dir - Environment variable: BINARY_DIR → RELACS_INSTALL_DIR - Updated description to include default value - Updated README documentation Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

msugakov · 2026-09-10T12:48:11Z

+          BINARY_DIR="${BINARY_DIR//\$\{HOME\}/$HOME}"
+          BINARY_DIR="${BINARY_DIR//\$HOME/$HOME}"


How to deal with binary_dir: $HOME_SWEET_HOME/my/relacs? By bash rules $HOME_SWEET_HOME is a single variable. The current logic seems to be such that it would substitute $HOME part once found making it /home/runner_SWEET_HOME. Not what the user intended.

It's a bug anyway according to the action's current definition to try to provide anything but $HOME or ${HOME} but the current behavior will actually result in /home/runner_SWEET_HOME/my/relacs/relacs being created IIUC.

msugakov

Looks good already. One suggestion and one clarification.

msugakov · 2026-09-10T18:39:18Z

+      env:
+        RELACS_INSTALL_PATH: ${{ inputs.relacs_install_path }}
+      run: |
+        if [[ -z "${RELACS_INSTALL_PATH}" ]]; then


This made me realize we need two things: set -u so that undefined variables, especially $HOME result in failure rather than silent wrong thing, and protection from empty variable here.

Suggested change

if [[ -z "${RELACS_INSTALL_PATH}" ]]; then

set -u

if [[ -z "${RELACS_INSTALL_PATH:-}" ]]; then

msugakov · 2026-09-10T18:43:52Z

+            -e "s|\${HOME}/|$HOME/|g" \
+            -e "s|\${HOME}\$|$HOME|g" \
+            -e "s|\$HOME/|$HOME/|g" \
+            -e "s|\$HOME\$|$HOME|g")"


Hm. Is it a real syntax $HOME$/blah and ${HOME}$/blah?
I know it's annoying but we should try make it right.

fix: configurable install dir for relacs

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fix defaulting to /Users/tmartens/.local/bnin

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address security finding about interpolating bash variables

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tommartensen and others added 4 commits September 9, 2026 14:05

Update bash scripts according to new, memorized style guide

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

document that $HOME will be expanded in custom paths

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make relacs binary name configurable

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switch to relacs-install-path

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use install-relacs script from default branch

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		BINARY_DIR="${BINARY_DIR//\$\{HOME\}/$HOME}"
		BINARY_DIR="${BINARY_DIR//\$HOME/$HOME}"

	if [[ -z "${RELACS_INSTALL_PATH}" ]]; then
	set -u
	if [[ -z "${RELACS_INSTALL_PATH:-}" ]]; then

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