Sync Releases Between Repositories

This action syncs releases between two repositories.

It will create a new release in the destination repository if it doesn't exist, or update an existing release if it does.

Usage

Example Workflow

The following workflow will sync the latest release from the source repository to the current repository on tags or workflow dispatch.

name: Sync Release

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      tag:
        description: "Tag to sync"
        required: true
        default: "latest"
  push:
    tags:
      - "*"

# Ensure the action has write permissions to the current repository
permissions:
  contents: write

jobs:
  sync:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Copy Release
        uses: aminya/sync-releases@v1
        with:
          source: "source-owner/source-repo"
          destination: "destination-owner/destination-repo"
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          destination-token: ${{ secrets.DESTINATION_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          tag: ${{ inputs.tag }}

Syncing From Current Repository to Another

- name: Sync Releases
  uses: aminya/sync-releases@v1
  with:
    destination: destination-owner/destination-repo
    destination-token: ${{ secrets.DESTINATION_GITHUB_TOKEN }}  

Syncing From Another Repository to Current Repository

- name: Sync Releases
  uses: aminya/sync-releases@v1
  with:
    source: source-owner/source-repo
    source-token: ${{ secrets.SOURCE_GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Ensure the action has write permissions to the current repository by setting the permissions key in the workflow.

permissions:
  contents: write

Syncing From One Repository to Another Repository with a Specific Tag and Destination Tag

- name: Sync Releases
  uses: aminya/sync-releases@v1
  with:
    source: source-owner/source-repo
    destination: destination-owner/destination-repo
    token: ${{ secrets.SOURCE_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
    destination-token: ${{ secrets.DESTINATION_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
    tag: latest
    destination-tag: synced-latest

Inputs

source

The source owner/repository. Defaults to the current repository if destination is provided.

destination

The destination owner/repository. Defaults to the current repository if source is provided.

token

The token to use to access the source repository. Defaults to GITHUB_TOKEN. Needs read permissions.

destination-token

The token to use to access the destination repository. Defaults to the source token. Needs write permissions.

tag

The tag to sync from the source repository. Defaults to the triggering tag or the latest tag.

destination-tag

The tag to sync to the destination repository. Defaults to the source tag.