github-action-push-to-another-repository

Used to push generated files from a directory from Git Action step into another repository on Github. This is a slight modification to the original action by @cpina, by design it requires that you specify a target directory on the destination repository. It will not delete any files on the destination repo.

Use Case: push compiled hugo sites to other hugo sites so that they become sub-sections

E.g.

1. Repository your-site contains all the HUGO static site raw files with a custom template.
2. Repository site-sub-section contains a special section of your-site that uses a different HUGO template.
3. You can compile the static website in site-sub-section and push it to your-site which in turns gets built by a CI/CD pipeline (GitHub or Third Party).

Inputs

source-directory (argument)

From the repository that this Git Action is executed the directory that contains the files to be pushed into the repository.

target-directory (argument)

This is the directory in the destination repository where the contents of source-directory will be copied into.

destination-github-username (argument)

For the repository https://github.com/cpina/push-to-another-repository-output is cpina. It's also used for the Author: in the generated git messages.

destination-repository-name (argument)

For the repository https://github.com/cpina/push-to-another-repository-output is push-to-another-repository-output

Warning: this Github Action currently deletes all the files and directories in the destination repository. The idea is to copy from an output directory into the destination-repository-name having a copy without any previous files there.

user-email (argument)

The email that will be used for the commit in the destination-repository-name.

destination-repository-username (argument) [optional]

The Username/Organization for the destination repository, if different from destination-github-username. For the repository https://github.com/cpina/push-to-another-repository-output is cpina.

target-branch (argument) [optional]

The branch name for the destination repository, if different from master.

commit-message (argument) [optional]

The commit message to be used in the output repository. Optional and defaults to "Update from $REPOSITORY_URL@commit".

The string ORIGIN_COMMIT is replaced by $REPOSITORY_URL@commit.

API_TOKEN_GITHUB (environment)

E.g.: API_TOKEN_GITHUB: ${{ secrets.API_TOKEN_GITHUB }}

Generate your personal token following the steps:

• Go to the Github Settings (on the right hand side on the profile picture)
• On the left hand side pane click on "Developer Settings"
• Click on "Personal Access Tokens" (also available at https://github.com/settings/tokens)
• Generate a new token, choose "Repo". Copy the token.

Then make the token available to the Github Action following the steps:

• Go to the Github page for the repository that you push from, click on "Settings"
• On the left hand side pane click on "Secrets"
• Click on "Add a new secret" and name it "API_TOKEN_GITHUB"

Example usage

      - name: Pushes to another repository
        uses: darkquasar/github-action-push-to-another-repository@master
        env:
          API_TOKEN_GITHUB: ${{ secrets.API_TOKEN_GITHUB }}
        with:
          source-directory: 'public'
          destination-github-username: 'darkquasar'
          destination-repository-name: 'your-site'
          user-email: darkquasar@quasarfun.com