Function parseNeedsField

pkg/workflow/known_needs_expressions.go:245–255

parseNeedsField parses the needs field from a job configuration The needs field can be a string (single dependency) or an array of strings

(needsField any)

// parseNeedsField parses the needs field from a job configuration
// The needs field can be a string (single dependency) or an array of strings
func parseNeedsField(needsField any) []string {
	// GitHub Actions allows `needs: "single-dep"` as shorthand for `needs: ["single-dep"]`
	if s, ok := needsField.(string); ok {
		return []string{s}
	}
	result := parseStringSliceAny(needsField, nil)
	if result == nil {
		return []string{}
	}
	return result
}