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GitHub Action
Push a file to another repository
v1.0.1
This GitHub Action copies a file from the current repository to a location in another repository
name: Push File
on: push
jobs:
copy-file:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Pushes test file
uses: dmnemec/copy_file_to_another_repo_action@v1.0.1
env:
API_TOKEN_GITHUB: ${{ secrets.API_TOKEN_GITHUB }}
with:
source_file: 'test2.md'
destination_repo: 'dmnemec/release-test'
destination_folder: 'test-dir'
user_email: 'devin.nemec@gmail.com'
user_name: 'dmnemec'
- source_file: The file or directory 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_branch: [optional] The branch of the source repo to update, if not master.
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.