Mirror

GitHub Action to easily mirror* files between repositories.

* This action uses rsync over cp to easily preserve folder structure. runs-on: macos-latest.

Usage

Input	Required	Default	Description
git_author_name	false	github.actor	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME environment variable.
git_author_email	false	github.event.pusher.email	GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
git_committer_name	false	inputs.git_author_name	GIT_COMMITTER_NAME
git_committer_email	false	inputs.git_author_email	GIT_COMMITTER_DATE
github_token		env.GITHUB_TOKEN	Required unless env.GITHUB_TOKEN is set. Generate an access token, then add to your repository secrets.
source_files	true		Specify an [extended] glob pattern of matching files to mirror.
source_repo	false	github.repository	Optionally specify a different repository source to copy files from.
target_repo	true		Specify the target repository. The owner will match the source repo if only the name is given.
target_path	false		Optionally specify a different target file path other than the repository root.
source_branch	false	main	Optionally specify a source branch of your repository.
target_branch	false	main	Optionally specify a target branch of the target repo.
branch	false	main	Specify if both branches are the same, but differ from the default.
commit_message	false	Mirror inputs.source_files from github.repository	The git commit -[-m]essage to appear on the target repository.

Example

name: Mirror
on:
  push:
    paths:
    - .github/hooks/*

jobs:
  Mirror:
    runs-on: macos-latest
    steps:
    - name: ${{github.job}} files
      uses: danielbayley/mirror-action@main
      #env:
        #GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN}}
      with:
        github_token: ${{secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN}}
        source_files: .github/hooks/*
        target_repo: target/repo

License

MIT © Daniel Bayley