Not being able to develop: add warning

Thanks @wcota
PR: https://github.com/cpina/github-action-push-to-another-repository/pull/60

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+---
+name: Bug report
+about: Bug report with a problem
+title: ''
+labels: bug
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+> [!WARNING]
+> TL;DR: this repository is not maintained for any new development. I plan to
+> fix issues if they arise due to changes on GitHub, to minimise disruption of
+> existing usage.
+>
+> My circumstances changed since I started the GitHub Action in 2020. I am not
+> able to add functionality to it or fix issues.
+>
+> The action is 175 lines of shell script. Feel free to fork it and modify it
+> for your own use case.
+>
+> If you create a fork that might replace this one, I will add a note in the
+> documentation and the README.md. Please, open an issue and I will do it.
+
+
+Suggestion: read carefully the GitHub Action output. It might contain information that might help fixing the problem. If not please keep opening the bug report.
+
+The [documentation](https://github.com/cpina/push-to-another-repository-docs)
+might have information on what you could do to fix the problem. See the [FAQ](https://cpina.github.io/push-to-another-repository-docs/faq.html)
+
+<!--
+**Copy-paste the output of the GitHub Action**
+
+Full output might contain useful information including the git command, git output and settings used. It also helps to search for the problem later on.
+
+**URL to the execution**
+
+Paste the URL of the execution where it's possible to see the problem. This will help me to see the configuration and the output in more context.
+-->

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/windows_mac_nodocker.md

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+name: Windows/Mac/No Docker
+about: Questions about Windows/Mac/No Docker runners
+title: ''
+labels: Windows-Mac-NoDocker
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+Suggestion: see the relevant FAQ entry: https://cpina.github.io/push-to-another-repository-docs/faq.html#could-it-work-on-mac-os-windows-or-no-docker-environments

Dockerfile

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-FROM alpine:3.10
+FROM alpine:latest
 
-RUN apk add --no-cache git
+RUN apk add --no-cache git git-lfs openssh-client
 
 COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
 

README.md

@@ -1,42 +1,19 @@
 # github-action-push-to-another-repository
 
-Used to push generated files from a directory from Git Action step into another repository on Github.
+> [!WARNING]
+> TL;DR: this repository is not maintained for any new development. I plan to
+> fix issues if they arise due to changes on GitHub, to minimise disruption of
+> existing usage.
+>
+> My circumstances changed since I started the GitHub Action in 2020. I am not
+> able to add functionality to it or fix issues.
+>
+> The action is 175 lines of shell script. Feel free to fork it and modify it
+> for your own use case.
+>
+> If you create a fork that might replace this one, I will add a note in the
+> documentation and the README.md. Please, open an issue and I will do it.
 
-E.g.
-Repository pandoc-test contains Markdown and a Git Action to generate, using Pandoc, an output: HTML, PDF, odt, epub, etc.
+See the extensive documentation in https://cpina.github.io/push-to-another-repository-docs/ (includes examples, FAQ, troubleshooting, etc.).
 
-Repository pandoc-test-output: contains only the generated files from the first Git Action. Pushed here with github-action-push-to-another-repository
-
-And pandoc-test-output can have Git Pages to give access to the files (or just links to the raw version of the files)
-
-## Inputs
-### `source-directory` (argument)
-From the repository that this Git Action is executed the directory that contains the files to be pushed into the repository.
-
-### `destination-github-username` (argument)
-For the repository `https://github.com/cpina/pandoc-test-output` is `cpina`. It's also used for the `Author:` in the generated git messages.
-
-### `destination-repository-name` (argument)
-For the repository `https://github.com/cpina/pandoc-test-output` is `pandoc-test-output`
-
-### `user-email` (argument)
-The email that will be used for the commit in the destination-repository-name.
-
-### `API_TOKEN_GITHUB` (environment)
-E.g.:
-  `API_TOKEN_GITHUB: ${{ secrets.API_TOKEN_GITHUB }}`
-
-Generate it from the Settings of the account that needs access to push.
-
-## Example usage
-`
-      - name: Pushes to another repository
-        uses: cpina/github-action-push-to-another-repository@master
-        env:
-          API_TOKEN_GITHUB: ${{ secrets.API_TOKEN_GITHUB }}
-        with:
-          source-directory: 'output'
-          destination-github-username: 'cpina'
-          destination-repository-name: 'pandoc-test-output'
-          git-user-email: carles@pina.cat
-`
+GitHub repository of the documentation: https://github.com/cpina/push-to-another-repository-docs

action.yml

@@ -1,26 +1,76 @@
-name: 'Push directory to another repository'
-description: 'Useful to push files to another repository to be used, for example, via github pages'
+name: Push directory to another repository
+description: >-
+  Useful to push files to another repository to be used, for example, via github
+  pages
 inputs:
+  source-before-directory:
+    description: Source before directory from the origin directory
+    required: false
   source-directory:
-    description: 'Source directory from the origin directory'
+    description: Source directory from the origin directory
     required: true
   destination-github-username:
-    description: 'Name of the destination username/organization'
+    description: Name of the destination username/organization
     required: true
   destination-repository-name:
-    description: 'Destination repository'
+    description: Destination repository
     required: true
   user-email:
-    description: 'Email for the git commit'
+    description: Email for the git commit
     required: true
+  github-server:
+    description: 'Github server'
+    default: 'github.com'
+    required: false
+  user-name:
+    description: >-
+      [Optional] Name for the git commit. Defaults to the destination
+      username/organization name
+    required: false
+    default: ''
+  destination-repository-username:
+    description: '[Optional] Username/organization for the destination repository'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
+  target-branch:
+    description: >-
+      [Optional] set target branch name for the destination repository. Defaults
+      to "main"
+    default: main
+    required: false
+  commit-message:
+    description: >-
+      [Optional] commit message for the output repository. ORIGIN_COMMIT is
+      replaced by the URL@commit in the origin repo
+    default: Update from ORIGIN_COMMIT
+    required: false
+  target-directory:
+    description: '[Optional] The directory to wipe and replace in the target repository'
+    default: ''
+    required: false
+  create-target-branch-if-needed:
+    type: boolean
+    description: >-
+      [Optional] create target branch if not exist. Defaults to `false`
+    default: false
+    required: false
+
 runs:
-  using: 'docker'
-  image: 'Dockerfile'
+  using: docker
+  image: Dockerfile
   args:
-    - ${{ inputs.source-directory }}
-    - ${{ inputs.destination-github-username }}
-    - ${{ inputs.destination-repository-name }}
-    - ${{ inputs.git-user-email }}
+    - '${{ inputs.source-before-directory }}'
+    - '${{ inputs.source-directory }}'
+    - '${{ inputs.destination-github-username }}'
+    - '${{ inputs.destination-repository-name }}'
+    - '${{ inputs.github-server }}'
+    - '${{ inputs.user-email }}'
+    - '${{ inputs.user-name }}'
+    - '${{ inputs.destination-repository-username }}'
+    - '${{ inputs.target-branch }}'
+    - '${{ inputs.commit-message }}'
+    - '${{ inputs.target-directory }}'
+    - '${{ inputs.create-target-branch-if-needed }}'
 branding:
-  icon: 'git-commit'
-  color: 'green'
+  icon: git-commit
+  color: green

entrypoint.sh

@@ -1,29 +1,175 @@
 #!/bin/sh -l
 
-echo "Starts"
-FOLDER="$1"
-GITHUB_USERNAME="$2"
-GITHUB_REPO="$3"
-GIT_USER_EMAIL="$4"
+set -e  # if a command fails it stops the execution
+set -u  # script fails if trying to access to an undefined variable
+
+echo "[+] Action start"
+SOURCE_BEFORE_DIRECTORY="${1}"
+SOURCE_DIRECTORY="${2}"
+DESTINATION_GITHUB_USERNAME="${3}"
+DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_NAME="${4}"
+GITHUB_SERVER="${5}"
+USER_EMAIL="${6}"
+USER_NAME="${7}"
+DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_USERNAME="${8}"
+TARGET_BRANCH="${9}"
+COMMIT_MESSAGE="${10}"
+TARGET_DIRECTORY="${11}"
+CREATE_TARGET_BRANCH_IF_NEEDED="${12}"
+
+if [ -z "$DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_USERNAME" ]
+then
+	DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_USERNAME="$DESTINATION_GITHUB_USERNAME"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$USER_NAME" ]
+then
+	USER_NAME="$DESTINATION_GITHUB_USERNAME"
+fi
+
+# Verify that there (potentially) some access to the destination repository
+# and set up git (with GIT_CMD variable) and GIT_CMD_REPOSITORY
+if [ -n "${SSH_DEPLOY_KEY:=}" ]
+then
+	echo "[+] Using SSH_DEPLOY_KEY"
+
+	# Inspired by https://github.com/leigholiver/commit-with-deploy-key/blob/main/entrypoint.sh , thanks!
+	mkdir --parents "$HOME/.ssh"
+	DEPLOY_KEY_FILE="$HOME/.ssh/deploy_key"
+	echo "${SSH_DEPLOY_KEY}" > "$DEPLOY_KEY_FILE"
+	chmod 600 "$DEPLOY_KEY_FILE"
+
+	SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS_FILE="$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts"
+	ssh-keyscan -H "$GITHUB_SERVER" > "$SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS_FILE"
+
+	export GIT_SSH_COMMAND="ssh -i "$DEPLOY_KEY_FILE" -o UserKnownHostsFile=$SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS_FILE"
+
+	GIT_CMD_REPOSITORY="git@$GITHUB_SERVER:$DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_USERNAME/$DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_NAME.git"
+
+elif [ -n "${API_TOKEN_GITHUB:=}" ]
+then
+	echo "[+] Using API_TOKEN_GITHUB"
+	GIT_CMD_REPOSITORY="https://$DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_USERNAME:$API_TOKEN_GITHUB@$GITHUB_SERVER/$DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_USERNAME/$DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_NAME.git"
+else
+	echo "::error::API_TOKEN_GITHUB and SSH_DEPLOY_KEY are empty. Please fill one (recommended the SSH_DEPLOY_KEY)"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 
 CLONE_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
 
+echo "[+] Git version"
+git --version
+
+echo "[+] Enable git lfs"
+git lfs install
+
+echo "[+] Cloning destination git repository $DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_NAME"
+
 # Setup git
-git config --global user.email "$GIT_USER_EMAIL"
-git config --global user.name "$GITHUB_USERNAME"
-git clone "https://$API_TOKEN_GITHUB@github.com/$GITHUB_USERNAME/$GITHUB_REPO.git" "$CLONE_DIR"
+git config --global user.email "$USER_EMAIL"
+git config --global user.name "$USER_NAME"
 
+# workaround for https://github.com/cpina/github-action-push-to-another-repository/issues/103
+git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1
+
+{
+	git clone --single-branch --depth 1 --branch "$TARGET_BRANCH" "$GIT_CMD_REPOSITORY" "$CLONE_DIR"
+} || {
+    if [ "$CREATE_TARGET_BRANCH_IF_NEEDED" = "true" ]
+    then
+        # Default branch of the repository is cloned. Later on the required branch
+	# will be created
+        git clone --single-branch --depth 1 "$GIT_CMD_REPOSITORY" "$CLONE_DIR"
+    else
+        false
+    fi
+} || {
+	echo "::error::Could not clone the destination repository. Command:"
+	echo "::error::git clone --single-branch --branch $TARGET_BRANCH $GIT_CMD_REPOSITORY $CLONE_DIR"
+	echo "::error::(Note that if they exist USER_NAME and API_TOKEN is redacted by GitHub)"
+	echo "::error::Please verify that the target repository exist AND that it contains the destination branch name, and is accesible by the API_TOKEN_GITHUB OR SSH_DEPLOY_KEY"
+	exit 1
+
+}
 ls -la "$CLONE_DIR"
 
-# 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)
+TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+# This mv has been the easier way to be able to remove files that were there
+# but not anymore. Otherwise we had to remove the files from "$CLONE_DIR",
+# including "." and with the exception of ".git/"
+mv "$CLONE_DIR/.git" "$TEMP_DIR/.git"
 
-ls -la "$CLONE_DIR"
+# $TARGET_DIRECTORY is '' by default
+ABSOLUTE_TARGET_DIRECTORY="$CLONE_DIR/$TARGET_DIRECTORY/"
 
-cp -r "$FOLDER"/* "$CLONE_DIR"
+echo "[+] Deleting $ABSOLUTE_TARGET_DIRECTORY"
+rm -rf "$ABSOLUTE_TARGET_DIRECTORY"
 
+echo "[+] Creating (now empty) $ABSOLUTE_TARGET_DIRECTORY"
+mkdir -p "$ABSOLUTE_TARGET_DIRECTORY"
+
+echo "[+] Listing Current Directory Location"
+ls -al
+
+echo "[+] Listing root Location"
+ls -al /
+
+mv "$TEMP_DIR/.git" "$CLONE_DIR/.git"
+
+echo "[+] List contents of $SOURCE_DIRECTORY"
+ls "$SOURCE_DIRECTORY"
+
+echo "[+] Checking if local $SOURCE_DIRECTORY exist"
+if [ ! -d "$SOURCE_DIRECTORY" ]
+then
+	echo "ERROR: $SOURCE_DIRECTORY does not exist"
+	echo "This directory needs to exist when push-to-another-repository is executed"
+	echo
+	echo "In the example it is created by ./build.sh: https://github.com/cpina/push-to-another-repository-example/blob/main/.github/workflows/ci.yml#L19"
+	echo
+	echo "If you want to copy a directory that exist in the source repository"
+	echo "to the target repository: you need to clone the source repository"
+	echo "in a previous step in the same build section. For example using"
+	echo "actions/checkout@v2. See: https://github.com/cpina/push-to-another-repository-example/blob/main/.github/workflows/ci.yml#L16"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "[+] Copying contents of source repository folder $SOURCE_DIRECTORY to folder $TARGET_DIRECTORY in git repo $DESTINATION_REPOSITORY_NAME"
+cp -ra "$SOURCE_DIRECTORY"/. "$CLONE_DIR/$TARGET_DIRECTORY"
 cd "$CLONE_DIR"
 
+echo "[+] Files that will be pushed"
+ls -la
+
+ORIGIN_COMMIT="https://$GITHUB_SERVER/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/commit/$GITHUB_SHA"
+COMMIT_MESSAGE="${COMMIT_MESSAGE/ORIGIN_COMMIT/$ORIGIN_COMMIT}"
+COMMIT_MESSAGE="${COMMIT_MESSAGE/\$GITHUB_REF/$GITHUB_REF}"
+
+echo "[+] Set directory is safe ($CLONE_DIR)"
+# Related to https://github.com/cpina/github-action-push-to-another-repository/issues/64
+git config --global --add safe.directory "$CLONE_DIR"
+
+if [ "$CREATE_TARGET_BRANCH_IF_NEEDED" = "true" ]
+then
+    echo "[+] Switch to the TARGET_BRANCH"
+    # || true: if the $TARGET_BRANCH already existed in the destination repo:
+    # it is already the current branch and it cannot be switched to
+    # (it's not needed)
+    # If the branch did not exist: it switches (creating) the branch
+    git switch -c "$TARGET_BRANCH" || true
+fi
+
+echo "[+] Adding git commit"
 git add .
-git commit --message "Update from https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/commit/$GITHUB_SHA)"
-git push origin master
+
+echo "[+] git status:"
+git status
+
+echo "[+] git diff-index:"
+# git diff-index : to avoid doing the git commit failing if there are no changes to be commit
+git diff-index --quiet HEAD || git commit --message "$COMMIT_MESSAGE"
+
+echo "[+] Pushing git commit"
+# --set-upstream: sets de branch when pushing to a branch that does not exist
+git push "$GIT_CMD_REPOSITORY" --set-upstream "$TARGET_BRANCH"