copy-commit-to-another-repo

copy-commit-to-another-repo is a GitHub Action that copies commits from the current repository to another repository. The intent is to enable keeping two isolated repositories in sync; e.g., you have work and home repositories for your dotfiles, and you want to be able to update either, keeping shared files in sync, including commit messages, while not syncing everything.

Configuration

Environment

• PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN - this needs to be set under Settings -> Secrets and variables -> Actions -> New repository secret on the source repository. Create a token under Settings -> Developer settings -> Personal access tokens -> Tokens (classic) or Fine-grained tokens. The token will need repo permissions (classic) or Repository permissions -> Contents permissions (fine-grained).

Inputs

• destination - the repository to copy commits to.
• branch [optional] - the branch to copy commits to. If unspecified, the default branch for destination will be used.
• include [optional] - a comma-separated list of regular expressions to match against; e.g., hello,world?. If specified, only changes to files that match a pattern in include will be copied. Both include and exclude may be specified. If neither include nor exclude are specified, all changes will be copied.
• exclude [optional] - a comma-separated list of regular expressions to match against; e.g., hello,world?. If specified, all changes will be copied except changes to files that match a pattern in exclude. Both include and exclude may be specified. If neither include nor exclude are specified, all changes will be copied.

Usage

name: Copy Commit

on: push

jobs:
  copy-commit:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          fetch-depth: 2
      - name: Copy Commit
        uses: jeffreyc/[email protected]
        env:
          PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
        with:
          include: 'hello,world?'
          exclude: '"world,"'
          destination: 'jeffreyc/hello-copy'
          branch: 'staging'

n.b., you must specify fetch-depth: 2 for the Checkout action, else git will be unable to determine what has changed.

License

copy-commit-to-another-repo is released under the BSD 3-Clause License.