An action to setup MODFLOW 6 and related programs.
This action uses FloPy's get-modflow utility to install MODFLOW 6 and a number of related binaries. The get-modflow utility is invoked directly if the flopy Python package is installed, otherwise it is retrieved as a standalone, dependency-free script compatible with Python >= 3.6.
By default, the action will install the standard MODFLOW executables distribution, which contains ~20 binaries. Independent MODFLOW 6 releases or nightly builds can also be selected, both of which only contain:
mf6[.exe]mf5to6[.exe]zbud6[.exe]libmf6.[so/dylib/dll]
The executables and modflow6-nightly-build distributions are small (less than 100 MB) and take only a few seconds to download and extract. The modflow6 distribution is larger and takes a bit more time.
The installation is cached by default, with the key changed daily. Daily key rotation allows the action automatically update versions when they become available, e.g. the nightly build — caching can be turned off by setting the cache input to false.
To install the latest version of MODFLOW 6 and ~20 related programs from the MODFLOW-USGS/executables distribution, add a step like the following to your workflow:
- name: Install MODFLOW 6
uses: modflowpy/install-modflow-action@v1This action sets the following environment variables:
MODFLOW_BIN_PATH: The path to the directory containing MODFLOW 6 and other binaries
The action accepts the following optional inputs:
cachegithub_tokenownerpathreposubsettag
By default, the action uses the automatically provided GITHUB_TOKEN secret, but an access token may be explicitly provided as well.
The owner input is the name of the repository's owner (username or organization).
This input can be used to install from releases on forks of MODFLOW 6, provided release assets use the same operating system tag convention used by the official repositories.
The path input is the location to install executables. The path may be absolute or relative to the workflow's working directory. Tilde expansion is also supported on all three major platforms. The resolved path is stored in the MODFLOW_BIN_PATH environment variable, which is then available to subsequent workflow steps.
The default path, shared on all three platforms, is ~/.local/bin/modflow.
The repo input allows selecting which MODFLOW 6 executable distribution to install. The following values are accepted:
executables(default)modflow6modflow6-nightly-build
The tag input allows selecting a release by tag name. The default is latest.
For the modflow6 distribution, releases are tagged by semantic version number. For the modflow6-nightly-build distribution, releases are tagged by date, in format %Y%m%d, e.g. 20230607. For the executables distribution, releases are tagged by integer version number with trailing ".0".
The subset input allows selecting which binaries to install. One or more binaries may be selected with a comma-separated string.
If this input is not provided, or if its value is an empty string, all binaries in the selected distribution are installed. This is the default behavior.
The cache input is a boolean that controls whether the action caches the MODFLOW binaries. The default is true.
Note: an outstanding cache reservation bug in actions/cache can cause the cache to fail to restore while simultaneously rejecting new saves. The GitHub-endorsed workaround for this issue is currently to change keys, therefore this action rotates the cache key once daily. Rotating the key daily also allows the action to automatically update versions when they become available, e.g. so workflows can use the most recent nightly build.
The action has the following outputs:
cache-hit
The cache-hit output forwards the internal actions/cache output of the same name, and is true if a matching entry was found and false if not.
Cache keys are composed from:
- runner OS
- repository owner
- repository name
- release tag
- date
- subset of binaries to install (if specified)
With format:
modflow-${{ runner.os }}-${{ inputs.owner }}-${{ inputs.repo }}-${{ inputs.tag }}-${{ %Y%m%d }}
If the subset input is provided, an additional clause -${{ inputs.subset }} is appended to the key.