Only a little needy

Author: PathogenDavid

.github/workflows/needs-skipped.yml

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Step
         run: echo "I am the last step"
+  # This one gets skipped transitively
   vanilla:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [one, two]

.github/workflows/optional-need.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+name: Needs skipped
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      should_fail:
+        description: "Should fail?"
+        default: "false"
+jobs:
+  one:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "Hello, world!"
+      - run: sleep 10
+      - name: Fail
+        if: github.event.inputs.should_fail == 'true'
+        run: false
+  two-skipped:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: false
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "Empty world."
+  two:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "Empty world but it doesn't get skipped."
+  two-skipped2:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: false
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "Empty world."
+
+  end1:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [one, two]
+    if: ${{!cancelled() && !failure()}}
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "I am the last step"
+  end2:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [one, two-skipped]
+    if: ${{!cancelled() && !failure()}}
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "I am the last step"
+  end2:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [two-skipped, two-skipped2]
+    if: ${{!cancelled() && !failure()}}
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "I am the last step"