Update README.md

Author: BaseMax

README.md

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-# GitHub Actions SSH Docker Update Template
+# GitHub Actions SSH Git Update Template
 
-This repository provides a **GitHub Actions CI/CD template** to automatically **update and restart a Docker Compose project** on a remote server using **SSH**.
+This repository provides a **GitHub Actions CI/CD template** to automatically **update code from Git** and **restart a Linux service or PM2-managed app** on a remote server using **SSH**.
 
-> 📦 Ideal for quickly deploying updates to remote Docker apps from your GitHub repository.
+> 🚀 Ideal for deploying updates to remote Git projects directly from your GitHub repository.
 
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-## 🚀 Features
+## ✨ Features
 
 - ✅ Automatic deployment on push to `main` (or any branch)
-- 🔐 Secure connection via SSH with secrets
-- 🐳 Docker Compose support (`docker compose pull` + `up -d`)
-- 🔁 Easy to fork and reuse across projects
+- 🔐 Secure connection via SSH (using GitHub secrets)
+- 🌀 Pulls the latest code from Git
+- 🔁 Restarts a **Linux service** or **PM2 process**
+- 🔧 Easy to fork and adapt for any project
 
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@@ -28,10 +29,11 @@ This repository provides a **GitHub Actions CI/CD template** to automatically **
 ## ⚙️ Prerequisites
 
 1. Remote server with:
-   - Docker & Docker Compose installed
-   - Public SSH key of the GitHub Action added to `~/.ssh/authorized_keys`
+   - Git installed
+   - PM2 (for Node.js apps) or a systemd-managed service
+   - SSH access configured
 2. GitHub repository with:
-   - This template forked or cloned
+   - This template copied or forked
    - Required secrets added (see below)
 
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@@ -45,11 +47,13 @@ Go to your repo → **Settings** → **Secrets and variables** → **Actions** 
 | `SSH_HOST`       | IP or domain of your remote server              |
 | `SSH_USERNAME`   | SSH user with access to the project directory   |
 | `SSH_KEY`        | Private SSH key (no passphrase)                 |
-| `PROJECT_PATH`   | Absolute path of the Docker Compose project     |
+| `SSH_PASSWORD`   | SSH password with access to the project directory   |
+| `PROJECT_PATH`    | Absolute path of the Git project on the server   |
+| `RESTART_COMMAND` | Command to restart the service or PM2 app        |
 
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-## 📦 GitHub Actions Workflow (`.github/workflows/deploy.yml`)
+## 📦 GitHub Actions Workflow - SSH by Key (`.github/workflows/git-ssh-key.yml`)
 
 ```yaml
 name: Deploy via SSH
@@ -76,9 +80,44 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}@${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }} << 'EOF'
             cd ${{ secrets.PROJECT_PATH }}
-            git pull origin main
-            docker compose pull
-            docker compose up -d
+            git fetch origin main
+            git reset --hard origin/main
+            git clean -fd
+            ${{ secrets.RESTART_COMMAND }}
+          EOF
+```
+
+## 📦 GitHub Actions Workflow - SSH by Password (`.github/workflows/git-ssh-password.yml`)
+
+```yaml
+name: Deploy via SSH
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up SSH
+        uses: webfactory/ssh-agent@v0.9.0
+        with:
+          ssh-private-key: ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Connect and Deploy
+        run: |
+          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}@${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }} << 'EOF'
+            cd ${{ secrets.PROJECT_PATH }}
+            git fetch origin main
+            git reset --hard origin/main
+            git clean -fd
+            ${{ secrets.RESTART_COMMAND }}
           EOF
 ```
 
@@ -93,9 +132,11 @@ jobs:
 
 Change main to another branch in the on.push.branches section
 
-Adjust the docker compose commands if your setup differs
+Use different `RESTART_COMMAND` values such as:
 
-Add steps for migrations, backups, health checks, etc.
+- `pm2 restart app-name`
+- `sudo systemctl restart my-service`
+- `npm run build && pm2 reload ecosystem.config.js`
 
 ## 🧪 Testing