github-action.md

GitHub Actions

Markdown snippets can be run inside a GitHub Action by installing and using MarkdownSnippets.Tool. This can be useful to ensure md docs are in sync when .source files are edited online, and without needing to re-generate the docs locally.

Add the following to .github\workflows\on-push-do-doco.yml in the target repository.

name: on-push-do-docs
on:
  push:
jobs:
  docs:
    runs-on: windows-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Run MarkdownSnippets
      run: |
        dotnet tool install --global MarkdownSnippets.Tool
        mdsnippets ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
      shell: bash
    - name: Push changes
      run: |
        git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
        git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
        git commit -m "Docs changes" -a || echo "nothing to commit"
        remote="https://${GITHUB_ACTOR}:${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git"
        branch="${GITHUB_REF:11}"
        git push "${remote}" ${branch} || echo "nothing to push"
      shell: bash

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This action performs the following tasks:

• Use the Checkout Action to pull down the source
• Install the MarkdownSnippets dotnet tool
• Run MarkdownSnippets against the current directory
• Push any changes back to GitHub

More Info

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