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Mirror files action

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Mirror files action

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Mirror files action

GitHub action to easily mirror files between repositories

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: Mirror files action

              
  uses: danielbayley/[email protected]
Learn more about this action in danielbayley/mirror-action

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Mirror

GitHub Action to easily mirror* files between repositories.

* This action uses rsync over cp to easily preserve folder structure. runs-on: macos-latest.

Usage

Input Required Default Description
git_author_name false github.actor GIT_AUTHOR_NAME environment variable.
git_author_email false github.event.pusher.email GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
git_committer_name false inputs.git_author_name GIT_COMMITTER_NAME
git_committer_email false inputs.git_author_email GIT_COMMITTER_DATE
github_token env.GITHUB_TOKEN Required unless env.GITHUB_TOKEN is set. Generate an access token, then add to your repository secrets.
source_files true Specify an [extended] glob pattern of matching files to mirror.
source_repo false github.repository Optionally specify a different repository source to copy files from.
target_repo true Specify the target repository. The owner will match the source repo if only the name is given.
target_path false Optionally specify a different target file path other than the repository root.
source_branch false main Optionally specify a source branch of your repository.
target_branch false main Optionally specify a target branch of the target repo.
branch false main Specify if both branches are the same, but differ from the default.
commit_message false Mirror inputs.source_files from github.repository The git commit -[-m]essage to appear on the target repository.

Example

name: Mirror
on:
  push:
    paths:
    - .github/hooks/*

jobs:
  Mirror:
    runs-on: macos-latest
    steps:
    - name: ${{github.job}} files
      uses: danielbayley/mirror-action@main
      #env:
        #GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN}}
      with:
        github_token: ${{secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN}}
        source_files: .github/hooks/*
        target_repo: target/repo

License

MIT © Daniel Bayley