GitHub Action which makes it simple to make verified Git commits as a GitHub app

This action requires a GitHub app installation token. An authentication token for the app can be easily generated in the GitHub Actions workflow using electron/github-app-auth-action . The app must have the "Contents" (read and write) permission and be installed on the repository.

Stage changes for the commit as you normally would, but to commit them use the action instead of running git commit. The changes to commit will be detected automatically.

If you want to update an existing ref, you should ensure that ref is checked out in the current Git checkout (you can use the ref input for actions/checkout). You can force the update using the force input.

If you want to make multiple commits one after the other, be sure to run a git pull after using the action so that the working tree is up-to-date before the next commit.

jobs:
  commit-changes:
    name: Commit changes
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Generate GitHub App token
        uses: electron/github-app-auth-action@v1.1.1
        id: generate-token
        with:
          creds: ${{ secrets.GH_APP_CREDS }}
      - name: Checkout
        id: checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
      - name: Stage changes
        run: |
          echo 'Hello World' > hello-world.txt
          git add hello-world.txt
      - name: Commit
        uses: dsanders11/github-app-commit-action@v1
        with:
          message: 'feat: my changes'
          token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}

• fail-on-no-changes - (optional) Whether or not to set action failure if there are no changes to commit (default: true)
• force - (optional) Whether to force the update or to make sure the update is a fast-forward update when updating an existing ref (default: false)
• message - (required) The commit message
• owner - (optional) The owner of the GitHub repository. Defaults to the owner of the repository this action is running in.
• ref - (optional) Git reference to associate the commit with (e.g. main). If it does not exist it will be created. Defaults to the the current checkout ref.
• repository - (optional) The GitHub repository to commit to. Defaults to the repository this action is running in.
• token - (required) GitHub App installation access token
• working-directory - (optional) The working directory. Defaults to the current working directory.

• message - The commit message
• ref - The associated Git reference
• ref-operation - Which operation was performed on the ref: created or updated. Has no value if there were no changes to commit.
• sha - SHA for the commit

MIT