Repo File Sync

This action will synchronizes files from the specified repository and creates a Pull Request with generated GitHub App token.

Architecture

This action synchronizes files from the source repository to the repository where using that.

graph LR

R[Repo]
SR1[Source Repo#1]
SR2[Source Repo#2]

SR1 --> R
SR2 --> R

Usage

Create .github/repo-file-sync.yaml. This file contains the settings for repositories and files to be copied from.

# .github/repo-file-sync.yaml
StudistCorporation/common:
- .github/workflows/labeler.yaml
- .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/
StudistCorporation/k8s-common:
- aqua.yaml

And create workflow.

# .github/workflows/repo-file-sync.yaml
steps:
  sync:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Generate token
        id: generate_token
        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v1
        with:
          app_id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
          private_key: ${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY }}

      - name: Sync files
        uses: ./.github/actions/sync-files
        with:
          token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
          username: john
          email: john@example.com

Inputs

token

The token to used for authenticating with GitHub.

username

The username to use in the git commit.

email

The email to use in the git commit.

reviewers

The reviewers to use in the pull request to be created. If you specify a team, specify it to team_reviewers instead of reviewers.

team_reviewers

The team_reviewers to use in the pull request to be created. If you specify a user, specify it to reviewers instead of team_reviewers.

work_ref

The work_ref to use in a branch for the pull request to be created.