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 ## Outputs
 
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+
+## Why was this action made?
+
+[Slack link](https://nfcore.slack.com/archives/CE56GDKN0/p1655210460795839)
+
+You may be asking, why not just a few yaml lines?
+
+```yaml
+- name: Install Nextflow
+  env:
+    NXF_VER: ${{ matrix.NXF_VER }}
+  run: |
+    wget -qO- get.nextflow.io | bash
+    sudo mv nextflow /usr/local/bin/
+```
+
+The versioning. From the Nextflow install script you can't get `latest-edge` or `latest-everything` for example.