Missing Github Workflows Steps for Creating a New GitHub Repository

[ibrahim-kabir]

Summary

To incorporate the api-test folder, I needed to create a new GitHub repository. However, I overlooked the requirement to add GitHub workflows (actions), which was not mentioned in the CONTRIBUTING.md guidelines. I didn't realize I needed to check the GitHub workflow repository and add relevant workflows to my repository.

Tasks

• [x] Add the CONTRIBUTING.md link
• [x] Modify the docs to add the workflows steps when creating a new repo
• [x] ai-cfia/repo-template#1

  Acceptance Criteria

• Steps are detailed for adding GitHub workflows during the creation of a new repository.
• The added steps should be clear and concise, providing comprehensive guidance for contributors.
• Upon completion, contributors should be able to follow the revised instructions seamlessly to include GitHub workflows when initiating new repositories within the organization.

[rngadam]

As discussed elsewhere, a doc explaining what is required to setup a new repository should be done within dev-rel-docs, perhaps linked from CONTRIBUTING.md as additional documentation. CONTRIBUTING focuses on the day to day contribution to a repo (pull requests work).

Note that there are some minimal backend documentation that starts with setting up a repository but does not specify the workflow:

https://github.com/ai-cfia/dev-rel-docs/blob/main/Minimal-Backend-Setup-Guides/PYTHON-BACKEND-SETUP.md