actions-action-configuration-autoupdate

This actions updates the local GitHub Actions configuration yml-files. You need an extra Github repository as source for your GitHub Actions configuration. To auto-commit the changes within the action run you can use the stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action action.

Requirements

• GitHub repository that contains your personal GitHub Actions configuration files

Inputs

token

Required The repository token is used to request the remote GitHub Actions configuration-files from the GitHub API

actions-configuration-files

Required Comma separated list of GitHub Action configuration filenames with path to the location in your remote repository

source-repository

Required GitHub repository where your GitHub Action configuration is located

source-ref

Branch/Commit/Tag from source repository where to get updated GitHub Actions configuration files (default: master)

Outputs

updated

Is set to true if one configuration file is changed. Usage:

- uses: avides/actions-action-configuration-autoupdate@v1.3.0
  id: actions_action_configuration_autoupdate
  with:
    token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
    actions-configuration-files: path/to/files/workflow1.yml,path/to/files/workflow2.yml
    source-repository: your/workflow-configuration-repository

- name: action-configuration-updated
  if: ${{ steps.actions_action_configuration_autoupdate.outputs.updated }} == 'true'
  run: exit 1

Example usage

- name: action-configuration-autoupdate
  uses: avides/actions-action-configuration-autoupdate@v1.3.0
  with:
    token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
    actions-configuration-files: path/to/files/workflow1.yml,path/to/files/workflow2.yml
    source-repository: your/workflow-configuration-repository

Example usage with auto-commit

- name: checkout
  uses: actions/checkout@v3
  with:
    ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
    token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}

- name: action-configuration-autoupdate
  uses: avides/actions-action-configuration-autoupdate@v1.3.0
  with:
    token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
    actions-configuration-files: path/to/files/workflow1.yml,path/to/files/workflow2.yml
    source-repository: your/workflow-configuration-repository

- uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
  with:
    file_pattern: .github/workflows/*.yml
    commit_message: Update GitHub Action configuration