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git-merge

GitHub Action

Create PR from upstream repos for private forks

0.2.0 Latest version

Create PR from upstream repos for private forks

git-merge

Create PR from upstream repos for private forks

Create PR from upstream repos for private forks

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: Create PR from upstream repos for private forks

              
  uses: gorillio/github-action-sync@0.2.0
Learn more about this action in gorillio/github-action-sync

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Upstream Sync Github Action

Github Action to public upstream repo commits to the private repo.

Most of the projects have Release branches and master branch. Master branch is where developers works on but we want to push the changes to the Release branches too.

Action

  • Pull the upstream
  • Get the last commit SHA
  • Check if that exists on internal branch
  • If not, create a pull request

Inputs

upstream

Required Upstream repo

upstream_branch

Required Upstream branch to pull from

branch

Required Branch to merge to

pr_labels

Labels for the new PR

Example usage

name: Pull upstream
on:
  schedule:
    # * is a special character in YAML so you have to quote this string
    - cron:  '0 * * * *'
jobs:
  release_pull_request:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: release_pull_request
    steps:
    - name: checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v1
    - name: Create PR to branch
      uses: gorillio/github-action-sync@master
      with:
        upstream: git@github.com:apache/XXX.git
        upstream_branch: master
        branch: master
        pr_labels: upstream
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        GITBOT_EMAIL: yo@gorill.io
        DRY_RUN: false