Commit with deploy key

Action to commit a file or directory to another repo using a deploy key.

Usage

• Create an SSH key pair to use for the commits
• Add the public key to your destination repo as a deploy key with write access
• Add the private key to your source repo as a secret
• Add this action to your workflow:

uses: leigholiver/[email protected]
with:
  source: build_output
  destination_folder: dist
  destination_repo: leigholiver/commit-with-deploy-key
  deploy_key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_KEY }}

Inputs

Name	Required	Default	Description
source	true		The file/directory to commit
deploy_key	true		Private SSH key to use for the commit. The public key must be added to the destination repostitory as a deploy key, with push access
destination_repo	true		Git repository to push changes to
destination_folder	false	.	Directory in the destination repo to push changes to
destination_branch	false	main	Branch in destination repo to push changes to
delete_destination	false	false	Delete destination directory contents before copy?
git_username	false	${{ github.actor }}	Github user to use for the commit
git_email	false	${{ github.actor }}	Github user to use for the commit
commit_message	false	<action name> from <commit hash>	Commit message

Outputs

Name	Description
commit_hash	SHA hash of the generated commit