Creating new Perl composite actions from a repository template

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So you want to create a quick-and-dirty GitHub actions that does only one thing and does it well, or glues together several actions, or simply to show off a bit at your next work interview. Here's how you can do it. Let me introduce you to composite GitHub actions, one of the three types that are there (the other are JavaScript GHAs or container-based GHAs) and maybe one of the most widely unknown. However, they have several things going for them. First, they have low latency: no need to download a container or to set up some JS environment). Second, they are relatively easy to set up: they can be self-contained, with everything needed running directly on the description of the GitHub action. Third, you can leverage all the tools installed on the runner like bash, compilers, build tools... or Perl, which can be that and much more. Even being easy, it is even easier if you have a bit of boilerplate you can use directly or adapt to your own purposes. This is what has guided the creation of the template for a composite GitHub action based on Perl. It is quite minimalistic. But let me walk you through what it has got so that you can use it easier

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So you want to create a quick-and-dirty GitHub actions that does only one thing and does it well, or glues together several actions, or simply to show off a bit at your next work interview. Here's how you can do it. Let me introduce you to composite GitHub actions, one of the three types that are there (the other are JavaScript GHAs or container-based GHAs) and maybe one of the most widely unknown. However, they have several things going for them. First, they have low latency: no need to download a container or to set up some JS environment). Second, they are relatively easy to set up: they can be self-contained, with everything needed running directly on the description of the GitHub action. Third, you can leverage all the tools installed on the runner like bash, compilers, build tools... or Perl, which can be that and much more. Even being easy, it is even easier if you have a bit of boilerplate you can use directly or adapt to your own purposes. This is what has guided the creation of the template for a composite GitHub action based on Perl. It is quite minimalistic. But let me walk you through what it has got so that you can use it easier

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