An action with forks in mind! Automatically sync a branch on your fork with the latest commits from the original repo. It should work to keep any two branches in sync. Keep all your things up to date!
This project is not currently in active development, but code contributions are always welcome.
I encourage you to share projects using Fork Sync in the Users file. Open a PR against Users so others can check out your work!
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This action was made to keep non-working branches up to date with a remote repo. However, you should also be able to use it for branches under active development as long as the custom input supports your needs.
Configure the action with a branch on your target repo - the one you want to update - and a branch on your upstream repo - where the updates are coming from. This action checks out those branches on both repos, checks for any new commits (by hash comparison), and pulls those new commits from upstream to the target. Easy!
Add a workflow to your repo that includes this action (sample below). Please note that scheduled workflows only run on the default branch of a repo.
| Name | Required? | Default | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| target_sync_branch | ✅ | 'master', 'main', 'my-branch' | |
| target_repo_token | ✅ | ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | |
| upstream_repo_access_token | ${{ secrets.NAME_OF_TOKEN }} | ||
| upstream_sync_repo | ✅ | 'aormsby/Fork-Sync-With-Upstream-action' | |
| upstream_sync_branch | ✅ | 'master', 'main', 'my-branch' | |
| test_mode | false | true / false |
Always set target_repo_token to ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} so the action can push to your target repo.
For more information on optional input variables, advanced configurations, and working with private repos, see Wiki - Configuration
| Name | Output | Description |
|---|---|---|
| has_new_commits | true/false | Outputs true if new commits were found in the remote repo, false if target repo already has the latest updates. |
If you need more output data, please open an issue to request it.
name: 'Upstream Sync'
on:
schedule:
- cron: '0 7 * * 1,4'
# scheduled at 07:00 every Monday and Thursday
workflow_dispatch: # click the button on Github repo!
inputs:
sync_test_mode: # Adds a boolean option that appears during manual workflow run for easy test mode config
description: 'Fork Sync Test Mode'
type: boolean
default: false
jobs:
sync_latest_from_upstream:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
name: Sync latest commits from upstream repo
steps:
# REQUIRED step
# Step 1: run a standard checkout action, provided by github
- name: Checkout target repo
uses: actions/checkout@v3
with:
# optional: set the branch to checkout,
# sync action checks out your 'target_sync_branch' anyway
ref: my-branch
# REQUIRED if your upstream repo is private (see wiki)
persist-credentials: false
# REQUIRED step
# Step 2: run the sync action
- name: Sync upstream changes
id: sync
uses: aormsby/Fork-Sync-With-Upstream-action@v3.4.1
with:
target_sync_branch: my-branch
# REQUIRED 'target_repo_token' exactly like this!
target_repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
upstream_sync_branch: main
upstream_sync_repo: aormsby/Fork-Sync-With-Upstream-action
upstream_repo_access_token: ${{ secrets.UPSTREAM_REPO_SECRET }}
# Set test_mode true during manual dispatch to run tests instead of the true action!!
test_mode: ${{ inputs.sync_test_mode }}
# Step 3: Display a sample message based on the sync output var 'has_new_commits'
- name: New commits found
if: steps.sync.outputs.has_new_commits == 'true'
run: echo "New commits were found to sync."
- name: No new commits
if: steps.sync.outputs.has_new_commits == 'false'
run: echo "There were no new commits."
- name: Show value of 'has_new_commits'
run: echo ${{ steps.sync.outputs.has_new_commits }}