GitHub Action for GitHub Push

The GitHub Actions for pushing to GitHub repository local changes authorizing using GitHub token.

With ease:

update new code placed in the repository, e.g. by running a linter on it,
track changes in script results using Git as archive,
publish page using GitHub-Pages,
mirror changes to a separate repository.

Usage

Example Workflow file

An example workflow to authenticate with GitHub Platform and to push the changes to a specified reference, e.g. an already available branch:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      with:
        persist-credentials: false # otherwise, the token used is the GITHUB_TOKEN, instead of your personal access token.
        fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
    - name: Create local changes
      run: |
        ...
    - name: Commit files
      run: |
        git config --local user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
        git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
        git commit -a -m "Add changes"
    - name: Push changes
      uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
      with:
        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        branch: ${{ github.ref }}

An example workflow to use the branch parameter to push the changes to a specified branch e.g. a Pull Request branch:

name: Example
on: [pull_request, pull_request_target]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      with:
        ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
        fetch-depth: 0
    - name: Commit files
      run: |
        git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
        git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
        git commit -a -m "Add changes"
    - name: Push changes
      uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
      with:
        branch: ${{ github.head_ref }}

An example workflow to use the force-with-lease parameter to force push to a repository:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      with:
        ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
        fetch-depth: 0
    - name: Commit files
      run: |
        git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
        git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
        git commit -a -m "Add changes"
    - name: Push changes
      uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
      with:
        force_with_lease: true

An example workflow to use the non default token push to another repository. Be aware that the force-with-lease flag is in such a case not possible:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      with:
        ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
        fetch-depth: 0
        token: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
    - name: Commit files
      run: |
        git config --local user.email "[email protected]"
        git config --local user.name "Test"
        git commit -a -m "Add changes"
    - name: Push changes
      uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
      with:
        github_token: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
        repository: Test/test
        force: true

An example workflow to update/ overwrite an existing tag:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      with:
        ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
        fetch-depth: 0
    - name: Commit files
      run: |
        git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
        git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
        git tag -d $GITHUB_REF_NAME
        git tag $GITHUB_REF_NAME
        git commit -a -m "Add changes"
    - name: Push changes
      uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
      with:
        force: true
        tags: true

An example workflow to authenticate with GitHub Platform via Deploy Keys or in general SSH:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      with:
        ssh-key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
        persist-credentials: true
    - name: Create local changes
      run: |
        ...
    - name: Commit files
      run: |
        git config --local user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
        git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
        git commit -a -m "Add changes"
    - name: Push changes
      uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
      with:
        ssh: true
        branch: ${{ github.ref }}

An example workflow to push to a protected branch inside your own repository. Be aware that it's necessary to use a personal access token, and maybe it is a good idea to specify the force-with-lease flag in case of sync and push errors:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
          fetch-depth: 0
          token: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
      - name: Commit files
        run: |
          git config --local user.email "[email protected]"
          git config --local user.name "Test"
          git commit -a -m "Add changes"
      - name: Push changes
        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
          repository: Test/test
          force_with_lease: true

Inputs

name	value	default	description
github_token	string	`${{ github.token }}`	GITHUB_TOKEN or a repo scoped Personal Access Token.
ssh	boolean	false	Determines if ssh/ Deploy Keys is used.
branch	string	(default)	Destination branch to push changes. Can be passed in using `${{ github.ref }}`.
force	boolean	false	Determines if force push is used.
force_with_lease	boolean	false	Determines if force-with-lease push is used. Please specify the corresponding branch inside `ref` section of the checkout action e.g. `ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}`.
atomic	boolean	true	Determines if atomic push is used.
tags	boolean	false	Determines if `--tags` is used.
directory	string	'.'	Directory to change to before pushing.
repository	string	''	Repository name. Default or empty repository name represents current github repository. If you want to push to other repository, you should make a personal access token and use it as the `github_token` input.

Troubleshooting

Please be aware, if your job fails and the corresponding output log looks like the following error, update your used version of the action to ad-m/github-push-action@master and check the used version of the checkout action (v2 is required):

Push to branch ***************
fatal: unsafe repository ('/github/workspace' is owned by someone else)
To add an exception for this directory, call:

	git config --global --add safe.directory /github/workspace

If you see the following error inside the output of the job, and you want to update an existing Tag:

To https://github.com/Test/test_repository
 ! [rejected]        0.0.9 -> 0.0.9 (stale info)
error: failed to push some refs to 'https://github.com/Test/test_repository'

Please use the force instead the force_with_lease parameter. The update of the tag is with the --force-with-lease parameter not possible.

License

The Dockerfile and associated scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License.

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