github-action-push-to-another-repository

Used to push generated files from a directory from Git Action step into another repository on Github.

E.g. Repository pandoc-test contains Markdown and a Git Action to generate, using Pandoc, an output: HTML, PDF, odt, epub, 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