Use a single .nvm file for all node version refs

Author: richardpringle

.github/actions/frontend-build/action.yml

@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ inputs:
     default: 'false'
   node-version:
     description: 'Node.js version to use'
-    required: false
-    default: '23'
+    required: true
 
 runs:
   using: 'composite'

.github/actions/read-nvmrc/action.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+name: 'Read .nvmrc'
+description: 'Reads the .nvmrc file and outputs the node version'
+outputs:
+  node_version:
+    description: 'The Node.js version from .nvmrc'
+    value: ${{ steps.nvm.outputs.NODE_VERSION }}
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Read .nvmrc
+      id: nvm
+      run: echo "NODE_VERSION=$(cat .nvmrc)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      shell: bash

.github/workflows/docs.yaml

@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ on:
   pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-env:
-  NODE_VERSION: '20'
-
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
@@ -25,10 +22,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
+      - id: nvm
+        uses: ./.github/actions/read-nvmrc
+
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
+          node-version: ${{ steps.nvm.outputs.node_version }}
           cache: 'npm'
           cache-dependency-path: website/package-lock.json
 
@@ -109,10 +109,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Pages
         uses: actions/configure-pages@v5
 
+      - id: nvm
+        uses: ./.github/actions/read-nvmrc
+
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
+          node-version: ${{ steps.nvm.outputs.node_version }}
           cache: 'npm'
           cache-dependency-path: website/package-lock.json
 
@@ -158,10 +161,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - id: nvm
+        uses: ./.github/actions/read-nvmrc
+
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
+          node-version: ${{ steps.nvm.outputs.node_version }}
           cache: 'npm'
           cache-dependency-path: website/package-lock.json
 

.github/workflows/frontend-macos-13.yaml

@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Git checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
+      - id: nvm
+        uses: ./.github/actions/read-nvmrc
+
       - name: Frontend build
         uses: ./.github/actions/frontend-build
         with:
+          node-version: ${{ steps.nvm.outputs.node_version }}
           test-build-commands: 'true'

.github/workflows/frontend-macos-14.yaml

@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Git checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
+      - id: nvm
+        uses: ./.github/actions/read-nvmrc
+
       - name: Frontend build
         uses: ./.github/actions/frontend-build
         with:
+          node-version: ${{ steps.nvm.outputs.node_version }}
           test-build-commands: 'true'

.github/workflows/frontend-macos-15.yaml

@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Git checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
+      - id: nvm
+        uses: ./.github/actions/read-nvmrc
+
       - name: Frontend build
         uses: ./.github/actions/frontend-build
         with:
+          node-version: ${{ steps.nvm.outputs.node_version }}
           test-build-commands: 'true'

.github/workflows/frontend-macos-latest.yaml

@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Git checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
+      - id: nvm
+        uses: ./.github/actions/read-nvmrc
+
       - name: Frontend build
         uses: ./.github/actions/frontend-build
         with:
+          node-version: ${{ steps.nvm.outputs.node_version }}
           test-build-commands: 'true'

.github/workflows/frontend-ubuntu-22-04.yaml

@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Git checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
+      - id: nvm
+        uses: ./.github/actions/read-nvmrc
+
       - name: Frontend build
         uses: ./.github/actions/frontend-build
         with:
+          node-version: ${{ steps.nvm.outputs.node_version }}
           test-build-commands: 'true'

.github/workflows/frontend-ubuntu-24-04-arm.yaml

@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Git checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
+      - id: nvm
+        uses: ./.github/actions/read-nvmrc
+
       - name: Frontend build
         uses: ./.github/actions/frontend-build
         with:
+          node-version: ${{ steps.nvm.outputs.node_version }}
           test-build-commands: 'true'

.github/workflows/frontend.yaml

@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Git checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
+      - id: nvm
+        uses: ./.github/actions/read-nvmrc
+
       - name: Frontend build and test
         uses: ./.github/actions/frontend-build
         with:
+          node-version: ${{ steps.nvm.outputs.node_version }}
           run-prettier-check: 'true'
           run-tests: 'true'
           test-build-commands: 'false'