This is a simple GitHub Action that checks Golang codebases for potential Nil panics.

First, make sure to define the necessary input for the Action. You'd have to provide a package that has to be scanned.

To do this, you can leverage GitHub variables. In short, go to your repository's Settings tab and add the variables under Secrets and variables then Actions.

Add the following deploy job in your Action.

nil-check:
  # Assuming the `build` job builds the project,
  # we define a dependency on it.
  needs: build

  runs-on: ubuntu-latest
  steps:
    - name: Scan using nilaway
      uses: qbaware/nilaway-action@v0
      with:
        package-to-scan: "./..."