Mapping GitLab CI concepts and patterns to GitHub Actions equivalents. Use alongside gh actions-importer for automated translation, then review and adjust using this reference.

How to replicate GitLab's when: manual deploy behavior in GitHub Actions using environment protection rules. This pattern gives developers an approval button visible in the PR checks, similar to GitLab's inline manual deploy button.

Every uses: entry in every GitHub Actions workflow across the publicala organization must be pinned to a specific version. This policy defines how to pin, what to pin to, and how to handle future deprecations without accumulating backlogs.

We use Cloud Runner for our GitLab CI/CD runners. They provide fully managed runners so we don't have to maintain our own infrastructure.