Problems scheduling git sync

[connecteev]

Hi @wei Thanks for the tips so far. Per your recommendation at repo-sync/github-sync#18 (comment)

I got this sync to work by creating a "taskrunner" repo that syncs from the private source repo to my private destination repo...but it works only when I push changes to the taskrunner repo...even though I have a "every 3 mins" schedule defined below in my yml file.
I saw the same issue with https://github.com/repo-sync/github-sync/ where the schedule does not run (but it does run on push). What am I doing wrong here? Could this be a bug, and does this work for you? Thanks..

# File: .github/workflows/git-sync.yml

name: Git Sync # from https://github.com/wei/git-sync
on:
  push:
  schedule:
  - cron: "*/3 * * * *"  # runs every 3 mins (for now)

jobs:
  git-sync:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: git-sync
      uses: wei/git-sync@v2
      with:
        source_repo: "https://connecteev:${{ secrets.MY_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN_FROM_GITHUB_SETTINGS }}@github.com/xxxxxxxxxx/yyyyyyyyyyy.git"
        source_branch: "refs/remotes/source/*"
        destination_repo: "https://connecteev:${{ secrets.MY_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN_FROM_GITHUB_SETTINGS }}@github.com/connecteev/yyyyyyyyyyy.git"
        destination_branch: "refs/heads/*"

[wei]

Cron trigger only works on workflows in the default branch.

[connecteev]

Hi @wei
if I use wei/git-sync/ as a taskrunner, the cron should work if I have the yml file in the master (default) branch.

My cron schedule was (and still is) set to run every 3 minutes:

on:
  push:
  schedule:
  - cron: "*/3 * * * *"  # runs every 3 mins (for now)

• Yesterday when I filed this ticket, the cron was not running (at all).
• Now, when I came back to check the github action logs, I see the cron running but at arbitrary intervals (screenshot below)...but still not every 3 minutes.

I am not familiar with how github actions work internally - but I am reporting this just in case you know what's going on, or in case there's a potential bug here.

[wei]

You can check github.community

This is a github limitation/bug anything over 15 should work fine.

[Lemmingh]

@connecteev

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#onschedule

Scheduled workflows run on the latest commit on the default branch.

The shortest interval you can run scheduled workflows is once every 5 minutes.

[connecteev]

@wei @Lemmingh interesting..I didnt know about the 5 min limitation, maybe that's why the cron was behaving so erratically. Thanks for clarifying.