nodejs-hello.yml

# Workflow name (appears in GitHub Actions dashboard)
name: Node.js Hello Message

# --- Trigger Conditions ---
# When should this workflow run?
on:
  # Trigger on pushes to the 'main' branch
  push:
    branches: [ "main" ]
  # Also trigger on pull requests targeting 'main'
  pull_request:
    branches: [ "main" ]

# --- Jobs Section ---
# A workflow can have multiple jobs; here we define one called 'hello'
jobs:
  hello:
    # Run on the latest Ubuntu runner (GitHub-hosted Linux machine)
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    # --- Steps to Execute ---
    steps:
      # Step 1: Checkout repository code
      # Required to access files in the repo
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4  # Official GitHub action for code checkout

      # Step 2: Set up Node.js environment
      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3  # Official action for Node.js
        with:
          node-version: '20'  # Specifies Node.js version 20

      # Step 3: Log a custom greeting message
      - name: Log greeting
        run: |
          echo "----------------------------------------"
          echo "Hello from @pavank025k 👋"  # Replace with your username!
          echo "Node.js version: $(node --version)"
          echo "----------------------------------------"
        shell: bash  # Explicitly use bash for better formatting