This GitHub Action copies a folder from the current repository to a location in another repository and create a pull request
name: Push File
on: push
jobs:
pull-request:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Create pull request
uses: paygoc6/action-pull-request-another-repo@v1.0.1
env:
API_TOKEN_GITHUB: ${{ secrets.API_TOKEN_GITHUB }}
with:
source_folder: 'source-folder'
destination_repo: 'user-name/repository-name'
destination_folder: 'folder-name'
destination_base_branch: 'branch-name'
destination_head_branch: 'branch-name'
user_email: 'user-name@paygo.com.br'
user_name: 'user-name'
pull_request_reviewers: 'reviewers'
- source_folder: The folder to be moved. Uses the same syntax as the
cp
command. Incude the path for any files not in the repositories root directory. - destination_repo: The repository to place the file or directory in.
- destination_folder: [optional] The folder in the destination repository to place the file in, if not the root directory.
- user_email: The GitHub user email associated with the API token secret.
- user_name: The GitHub username associated with the API token secret.
- destination_base_branch: [optional] The branch into which you want your code merged. Default is
main
. - destination_head_branch: The branch to create to push the changes. Cannot be
master
ormain
. - pull_request_reviewers: [optional] The pull request reviewers. It can be only one (just like 'reviewer') or many (just like 'reviewer1,reviewer2,...')
- recursive: [optional] If
true
specified, the source_folder and its entire subtree are copied into destination_folder.
- API_TOKEN_GITHUB: You must create a personal access token in you account. Follow the link:
You must select the scopes: 'repo = Full control of private repositories', 'admin:org = read:org' and 'write:discussion = Read:discussion';
The action will create any destination paths if they don't exist. It will also overwrite existing files if they already exist in the locations being copied to. It will not delete the entire destination repository.