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# github-action-push-to-another-repository
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Used to push generated files from a directory from Git Action step into another repository on Github.
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E.g.
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Repository pandoc-test contains Markdown and a Git Action to generate, using Pandoc, an output: HTML, PDF, odt, epub, etc.
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Repository pandoc-test-output: contains only the generated files from the first Git Action. Pushed here with github-action-push-to-another-repository
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And pandoc-test-output can have Git Pages to give access to the files (or just links to the raw version of the files)
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## Inputs
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### `source-directory` (argument)
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From the repository that this Git Action is executed the directory that contains the files to be pushed into the repository.
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### `destination-github-username` (argument)
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For the repository `https://github.com/cpina/pandoc-test-output` is `cpina`. It's also used for the `Author:` in the generated git messages.
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### `destination-repository-name` (argument)
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For the repository `https://github.com/cpina/pandoc-test-output` is `pandoc-test-output`
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### `user-email` (argument)
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The email that will be used for the commit in the destination-repository-name.
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### `API_TOKEN_GITHUB` (environment)
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E.g.:
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`API_TOKEN_GITHUB: ${{ secrets.API_TOKEN_GITHUB }}`
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Generate it from the Settings of the account that needs access to push.
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## Example usage
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- name: Pushes to another repository
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uses: cpina/github-action-push-to-another-repository@master
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env:
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API_TOKEN_GITHUB: ${{ secrets.API_TOKEN_GITHUB }}
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with:
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source-directory: 'output'
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destination-github-username: 'cpina'
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destination-repository-name: 'pandoc-test-output'
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git-user-email: carles@pina.cat
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`
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