github-action-push-to-another-repository

Used to push generated files from a directory from Git Action step into another repository on Github.

E.g. Repository pandoc-test contains Markdown and a Git Action to generate, using Pandoc, an output: HTML, PDF, odt, epub, etc.

Repository pandoc-test-output: contains only the generated files from the first Git Action. Pushed here with github-action-push-to-another-repository

And pandoc-test-output can have Git Pages to give access to the files (or just links to the raw version of the files)

Inputs

`source-directory` (argument)

From the repository that this Git Action is executed the directory that contains the files to be pushed into the repository.

`destination-github-username` (argument)

For the repository https://github.com/cpina/push-to-another-repository-output is cpina. It's also used for the Author: in the generated git messages.

`destination-repository-name` (argument)

For the repository https://github.com/cpina/push-to-another-repository-output is push-to-another-repository-output

`user-email` (argument)

The email that will be used for the commit in the destination-repository-name.

`API_TOKEN_GITHUB` (environment)

E.g.: API_TOKEN_GITHUB: ${{ secrets.API_TOKEN_GITHUB }}

Generate your personal token following the steps:

Go to the Github Settings (on the right hand side on the profile picture)
On the left hand side pane click on "Developer Settings"
Click on "Personal Access Tokens" (also available at https://github.com/settings/tokens)
Generate a new token, choose "Repo". Copy the token.

Then make the token available to the Github Action following the steps:

Go to the Github page for the repository that you push from, click on "Settings"
On the left hand side pane click on "Secrets"
Click on "Add a new secret" and name it "API_TOKEN_GITHUB"

Example usage

      - name: Pushes to another repository
        uses: cpina/github-action-push-to-another-repository@master
        env:
          API_TOKEN_GITHUB: ${{ secrets.API_TOKEN_GITHUB }}
        with:
          source-directory: 'output'
          destination-github-username: 'cpina'
          destination-repository-name: 'pandoc-test-output'
          user-email: [email protected]

Working example:

https://github.com/cpina/push-to-another-repository-example/blob/master/.github/workflows/ci.yml

It generates files from: https://github.com/cpina/push-to-another-repository-example

To: https://github.com/cpina/push-to-another-repository-output

dicook / github-action-push-to-another-repository Goto Github PK