README.md

Debian/Arch PPA Template

This is a template of a ppa that watches the specified repositorues for releases and adds any .deb or .pkg.gz files it finds to the ppa.

Requirements

• gpg - debian, arch
• dpkg-dev - debian (dpkg-dev), arch (dpkg)

How to Setup

1. First start by using this template and then clone it to your PC.
2. Then run SETUP_PPA.sh parameters including name, email, url.
   • name - Name of the PPA taht you'd like.
   • email - Email to sign the debain ppa
   • url - url of the ppa
     • to find out the url go to the repository settings > Pages > (set source to master/main) and /(root), and then click save and it will show you the url)

./SETUP_PPA.sh example-ppa [email protected] "https://octocat.github.io/example-ppa"

3. copy the contents of debian/keys/(ppa-name).private.key into a GitHub Actions Secret called GPG_KEY - Creating encrypted secrets for a repository
4. edit ppa-config.json and add strings to github repos that you have releases on in the format of "username/repo"
5. Commit and push back to your repo and the Github Actions should do it's work.