workflow to copy files to bioconductor branch

.github/copy_to_branch.sh

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+# Get files from directories
+FILES=$(find ${SRC_FOLDER_PATHS[@]} -type f)
+
+# Add indicated individual files
+for F in ${SRC_FILE_PATHS[@]}
+do
+FILES+=" ${F}"
+done
+
+# Pass these to github:
+git config --global user.name 'GitHub Action'
+git config --global user.email '[email protected]'
+# Fetch branches
+git fetch
+# Checkout target branch                         
+git checkout $TARGET_BRANCH
+# Copy files in $FILES list from master branch
+git checkout master -- $FILES
+# Commit to the repository (ignore if no changes)
+git add -A
+git diff-index --quiet HEAD ||  git commit -am "update files"
+# Push to remote branch
+git push origin $TARGET_BRANCH 

.github/workflows/bioc_branch.yml

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+name: Update Bioconductor package files
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, master]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main, master]
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  copy:
+    name: Copy files
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: copy
+        env:
+          SRC_FOLDER_PATHS: (data-raw man R tests vignettes)
+          SRC_FILE_PATHS: (DESCRIPTION LICENSE NAMESPACE NEWS.md README.md)
+          TARGET_BRANCH: 'bioconductor'
+        run: .github/copy_to_branch.sh