GitHub Action: Create Pull Request from local files

A GitHub action that create branch and Pull Request from local files and keep it syncronized.

Inputs

This action accepts the following configuration parameters via with:

• token

  Required

  The GitHub token to use for making API requests

• owner

  Required

  The owner of the GitHub repository you want to create Pull Request

• repo

  Required

  The name of the GitHub repository you want to create Pull Request

• branch

  Required Default: github.ref

  The name of the branch you want to create Pull Request head to

• storagePath

  Required Default: "tmp"

  Local path to storage base files

• prefixBranch

  Required Default: "automation"

  Prefix to be added to branch that will be created

• encodedRemovedFilenames

  Encoded Base64 string that contains the name of the removed files.

  After decoding the array should be something like this:

  ["filename1.json", "content/name.md", "/static/images/play.png"]

• prefixPathForRemovedFiles

  Prefix path to be append to removed files

Outputs

• prUrl

  The url for the created Pull Request.

Example usage

steps:
  - name: Create PR from files
    uses: betrybe/create-pr-from-files-action

Create a JavaScript Action

Use this template to bootstrap the creation of a JavaScript action.:rocket:

This template includes tests, linting, a validation workflow, publishing, and versioning guidance.

If you are new, there's also a simpler introduction. See the Hello World JavaScript Action

Create an action from this template

Click the Use this Template and provide the new repo details for your action

Code in Main

Install the dependencies

$ npm install

Run the tests ✔️

$ npm test

Change action.yml

The action.yml contains defines the inputs and output for your action.

Update the action.yml with your name, description, inputs and outputs for your action.

See the documentation

Change the Code

Most toolkit and CI/CD operations involve async operations so the action is run in an async function.

const core = require('@actions/core');
...

async function run() {
  try {
      ...
  }
  catch (error) {
    core.setFailed(error.message);
  }
}

run()

See the toolkit documentation for the various packages.

Package for distribution

GitHub Actions will run the entry point from the action.yml. Packaging assembles the code into one file that can be checked in to Git, enabling fast and reliable execution and preventing the need to check in node_modules.

Actions are run from GitHub repos. Packaging the action will create a packaged action in the dist folder.

Run package

npm run package

Since the packaged index.js is run from the dist folder.

git add dist

Create a release branch

Users shouldn't consume the action from master since that would be latest code and actions can break compatibility between major versions.

Checkin to the v1 release branch

$ git checkout -b v1
$ git commit -a -m "v1 release"

$ git push origin v1

Your action is now published! 🚀

See the versioning documentation

Usage

You can now consume the action by referencing the v1 branch

uses: betrybe/create-pr-from-files-action@v1

See the actions tab for runs of this action! 🚀