Keep Remote File Locally Up-To-Date Docker action

This action retrieves a remote file with wget and compares it to the version in the repository. If a newer version is available remotely, it updates the file in the repository.

Inputs

url

Required The url of the remote file to download.

file_in_repo

Required The location of the file in the repository to update if changed.

git_user

The name to commit under. Default: 'thelastproject/keep-remote-locally-up-to-date'.

git_email

The email to commit under. Default: 'no-reply@github.com'.

Example usage

Put the following in .github/workflows/main.yml:

jobs:
  keep_file_updated:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Keep file updated
    steps:
    - name: Checkout repo
      id: checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v4
    - name: Update file
      id: update_file
      uses: TheLastProject/keep-remote-file-locally-up-to-date-action@v1
      with:
        url: https://example.com/index.html
        file_in_repo: example/index.html
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 0 * * *'

License

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