This GitHub Action copies a file from the current repository to a location in another repository
name: Push File
on: push
jobs:
copy-file:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Pushes test file
uses: dmnemec/copy_file_to_another_repo_action@v1.0.4
env:
API_TOKEN_GITHUB: ${{ secrets.API_TOKEN_GITHUB }}
with:
source_file: 'test2.md'
destination_repo: 'dmnemec/release-test'
destination_folder: 'test-dir'
user_email: 'example@email.com'
user_name: 'dmnemec'
commit_message: 'A custom message for the commit'
- source_file: The file or directory to be moved. Uses the same syntax as the
cpcommand. Incude the path for any files not in the repositories root directory. - destination_repo: The repository to place the file or directory in.
- destination_folder: [optional] The folder in the destination repository to place the file in, if not the root directory.
- user_email: The GitHub user email associated with the API token secret.
- user_name: The GitHub username associated with the API token secret.
- destination_branch: [optional] The branch of the source repo to update, if not master.
- destination_branch_create: [optional] A branch to be created with this commit, defaults to commiting in
destination_branch - commit_message: [optional] A custom commit message for the commit. Defaults to
Update from https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/commit/${GITHUB_SHA}
The action will create any destination paths if they don't exist. It will also overwrite existing files if they already exist in the locations being copied to. It will not delete the entire destination repository.