Simple server to push empty commit to a given branch

WHY?

CircleCI applies sanctions to Russia so it doesn't run tests for some of our devs. The workaround we have been doing is pushing an empty commit to their branch from a non-Russian account. However, this creates a dependency and constantly interrupts the other developers. This is a server so that Russian devs can self-serve.

Specs and features:

• Node JS and express
• Uses simple-git to connect to Git
• Simple password protection
• Logging with Pino
• Dev live reloading with Nodemon

Setup steps:

1. Run yarn install
2. Create an .env file copying the .env.example and adjusting the values
3. Start API with yarn start:dev

Getting Github Oauth token:

• Go to Github/Settings/Developer Settings/Personal Access Tokens/Create token
• You might need to authorize Organizations if they require it

Endpoint:

POST localhost:3001/v1/commit

Params:
{
  "branch":"test/mybranch",
  "repo": "myrepo",
  "password": "sample",
}

Example with curl:

curl -d '{"repo":"myrepo", "branch":"test/mybranch", "password":"somesecurepassword" }' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST localhost:3001/v1/commit