Copy & Push Files action

☞ GitHub Action to copy & push contents (files / directory) from a repository to another

Note: This action is supported on all runners operating systems (ubuntu, macos, windows)

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📚 Usage

⚠️ Requirements

• The actions/checkout is mandatory to use this action, as it will be necessary to access the repository files.

1️⃣ Minimal: Commit and Push with default parameters

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - uses: GuillaumeFalourd/copy-push-files@v2
        with:
          source_files: file1 file2 directory1 directory2/file3
          remote_repository: https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>
          access_token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}

2️⃣ Full: Commit and Push with customized parameters

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - uses: GuillaumeFalourd/copy-push-files@v2
        with:
          email: ${{ github.actor }}[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
          name: ${{ github.actor }}
          commit_message: your_message
          target_branch: branch_name
          source_files: file1 file2 directory1 directory2/file3
          remote_repository: https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>
          access_token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}

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▶️ Action Inputs

Field	Mandatory	Default Value	Observation
email	NO	${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com	Github user email e.g: octocat@github.com
name	NO	${{ github.actor }}	Github username e.g: octocat
commit_message	NO	Commit performed using Copy and Push Files action	Commit message
target_branch	NO	copy-push-files-branch	Branch to push the contents on the other repository
target_dir	NO	repository root	Directory to push the contents on the other repository
source_files	YES	N/A	Files to add separated by space e.g: file1 file2 directory1 directory2/file3
remote_repository	YES	N/A	Repository url to push the code e.g: https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>
access_token	YES	N/A	Personal Access Token is necessary to push to another repository

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🤝 Contributing

☞ Guidelines

🏅 Licensed

☞ This repository uses the Apache License 2.0