actions/setup-python
An official GitHub Action provided by GitHub for installing and switching to a specified version of the Python interpreter within a workflow. It downloads prebuilt binary packages by querying the manifest from actions/python-versions.
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In GitHub Actions, configuring the allow-prereleases and check-latest flags via actions/setup-python enables automated testing of Python pre-release versions.
actions/setup-python relies on pre-compiled Python distributions in the actions/python-versions repository, and new RC releases must wait for that repository to be updated before they can be used in CI.
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In GitHub Actions, configuring the allow-prereleases and check-latest flags via actions/setup-python enables automated testing of Python pre-release versions.
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