github-action-push-to-another-repository/entrypoint.sh

#!/bin/sh -l

set -e  # if a command fails it stops the execution
set -u  # script fails if trying to access to an undefined variable

echo "Starts"
SOURCE_DIRECTORY="$1"
DESTINATION_GITHUB_USERNAME="$2"
DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_NAME="$3"
USER_EMAIL="$4"
DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_USERNAME="$5"
TARGET_BRANCH="$6"
COMMIT_MESSAGE="$7"

if [ -z "$DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_USERNAME" ]
then
  DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_USERNAME="$DESTINATION_GITHUB_USERNAME"
fi

CLONE_DIR=$(mktemp -d)

echo "Cloning destination git repository"
# Setup git
git config --global user.email "$USER_EMAIL"
git config --global user.name "$DESTINATION_GITHUB_USERNAME"
git clone --single-branch --branch "$TARGET_BRANCH" "https://$API_TOKEN_GITHUB@github.com/$DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_USERNAME/$DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_NAME.git" "$CLONE_DIR"
ls -la "$CLONE_DIR"

echo "Cleaning destination repository of old files"
# Copy files into the git and deletes all git
find "$CLONE_DIR" | grep -v "^$CLONE_DIR/\.git" | grep -v "^$CLONE_DIR$" | xargs rm -rf # delete all files (to handle deletions)
ls -la "$CLONE_DIR"

echo "Copying contents to to git repo"
cp -r "$SOURCE_DIRECTORY"/* "$CLONE_DIR"
cd "$CLONE_DIR"
ls -la

echo "Adding git commit"

ORIGIN_COMMIT="https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/commit/$GITHUB_SHA"
COMMIT_MESSAGE=$(echo "$COMMIT_MESSAGE" | sed "s/ORIGIN_COMMIT/$ORIGIN_COMMIT")

git add .
git status
git commit --message "$COMMIT_MESSAGE"

echo "Pushing git commit"
git push origin "$TARGET_BRANCH"