copy-files-action

This GitHub Action copies some files, described by a string pattern, into another repository.

Example Workflow

name: Push to Other Repo

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Commit & Push
        uses: SimoneRomagnoli/copy-files-action@v1.0.4
        env:
          API_TOKEN_GITHUB: ${{ secrets.YOUR_SECRET }}
        with:
          pattern: "*.txt"
          dst_repo: "SimoneRomagnoli/repoName"
          dst_dir: "myFiles"
          dst_branch: "main"
          commit_msg: "Your custom commit message"
          user_name: "SimoneRomagnoli"
          user_email: "simone.romagnoli10@studio.unibo.it"

IMPORTANT: you have to set your personal secret in the repository the action is running on: it has to be set in the Settings -> Secrets section of your repository.

Action Parameters

• pattern: The string pattern to match on files you want to copy in another repository
• dst_repo: The destination repository
• dst_dir: The destination directory
• dst_branch: The destination branch (default: 'main')
• commit_msg: Your custom commit message
• user_name: The user that is performing the push operation
• user_email: The user's email

License

The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License

Contributions

If you think there could be useful features that are not yet implemented or bugs that need to be fixed, please:

• Fork the repository;
• Make the changes you like;
• Make a pull request so that the feature/bug fix can be merged into this repository.