Remove isTruthy: consistently use booleans in templates

Author: mbg

pr-checks/checks/autobuild-direct-tracing-with-working-dir.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: >
   autobuild Action.
 operatingSystems: ["ubuntu", "windows"]
 versions: ["linked", "nightly-latest"]
-installJava: "true"
+installJava: true
 env:
   CODEQL_ACTION_AUTOBUILD_BUILD_MODE_DIRECT_TRACING: true
 steps:

pr-checks/checks/build-mode-autobuild.yml

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ name: "Build mode autobuild"
 description: "An end-to-end integration test of a Java repository built using 'build-mode: autobuild'"
 operatingSystems: ["ubuntu", "windows"]
 versions: ["linked", "nightly-latest"]
-installJava: "true"
-installYq: "true"
+installJava: true
+installYq: true
 steps:
   - name: Set up Java test repo configuration
     run: |

pr-checks/sync.ts

@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ interface Specification {
   /** Values for the `analysis-kinds` matrix dimension. */
   analysisKinds?: string[];
 
-  installNode?: string | boolean;
-  installGo?: string | boolean;
-  installJava?: string | boolean;
-  installPython?: string | boolean;
-  installDotNet?: string | boolean;
-  installYq?: string | boolean;
+  installNode?: boolean;
+  installGo?: boolean;
+  installJava?: boolean;
+  installPython?: boolean;
+  installDotNet?: boolean;
+  installYq?: boolean;
 
   /** Container image configuration for the job. */
   container?: any;
@@ -113,13 +113,6 @@ function writeYaml(filePath: string, workflow: any): void {
   fs.writeFileSync(filePath, stripTrailingWhitespace(header + yamlStr), "utf8");
 }
 
-function isTruthy(value: string | boolean | undefined): boolean {
-  if (typeof value === "string") {
-    return value.toLowerCase() === "true";
-  }
-  return Boolean(value);
-}
-
 /**
  * Strip trailing whitespace from each line.
  */
@@ -220,7 +213,7 @@ function main(): void {
       },
     ];
 
-    const installNode = isTruthy(checkSpecification.installNode);
+    const installNode = checkSpecification.installNode;
 
     if (installNode) {
       steps.push(
@@ -252,7 +245,7 @@ function main(): void {
       },
     });
 
-    const installGo = isTruthy(checkSpecification.installGo);
+    const installGo = checkSpecification.installGo;
 
     if (installGo) {
       const baseGoVersionExpr = ">=1.21.0";
@@ -276,7 +269,7 @@ function main(): void {
       });
     }
 
-    const installJava = isTruthy(checkSpecification.installJava);
+    const installJava = checkSpecification.installJava;
 
     if (installJava) {
       const baseJavaVersionExpr = "17";
@@ -298,7 +291,7 @@ function main(): void {
       });
     }
 
-    const installPython = isTruthy(checkSpecification.installPython);
+    const installPython = checkSpecification.installPython;
 
     if (installPython) {
       const basePythonVersionExpr = "3.13";
@@ -320,7 +313,7 @@ function main(): void {
       });
     }
 
-    const installDotNet = isTruthy(checkSpecification.installDotNet);
+    const installDotNet = checkSpecification.installDotNet;
 
     if (installDotNet) {
       const baseDotNetVersionExpr = "9.x";
@@ -341,7 +334,7 @@ function main(): void {
       });
     }
 
-    const installYq = isTruthy(checkSpecification.installYq);
+    const installYq = checkSpecification.installYq;
 
     if (installYq) {
       steps.push({