direct-merge-action

A GitHub action which directly merges one branch into another (without a PR) in given repository.

Usage

Action expects up to 6 parameters:

• GITHUB_TOKEN - standard token taken from: secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN - required
• source-branch - branch to merge from - required
• target-branch - branch to merge to - required
• owner - owner of the repository - optional, uses owner of current repository as default
• repo - name of the repository - optional, uses current repository as default
• commit-message - message to use for the commit - optional, uses "Automatic merge of <source-branch> -> <target-branch>" as default

Example 1 (all parameters):

# .github/workflows/main.yml

name: Main workflow

on:
  push:
    branches: [master]

jobs:
  merge-master-to-develop:
    name: Merge master -> develop
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
        uses: tukasz/direct-merge-action@master
        with:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          owner: tukasz
          repo: direct-merge-action
          source-branch: master
          target-branch: develop
          commit-message: "Lorem ipsum..."

Example 2 (required parameters only):

# .github/workflows/main.yml

name: Main workflow

on:
  push:
    branches: [master]

jobs:
  merge-master-to-develop:
    name: Merge master -> develop
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
        uses: tukasz/direct-merge-action@master
        with:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          source-branch: master
          target-branch: develop