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GitHub Action - Copy A Directory to A Remote Repository

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• GitHub Action - Copy A Directory to A Remote Repository

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# The name of the workflow. It will appear in the "Actions" tab
name: Copy directory to target repo
# The name for workflow runs generated from the workflow.
run-name: $ copy dir to target repo

# the trigger for this workflow
on:
  push:
    paths:
      # Triggered only by a custom directory
      - "DjangoBlog/**"

# variables that are available to the steps of all jobs in the workflow.
# define values here
env:
  REMOTE_URL: https://github.com/simonangel-fong/Target.git # custom remote url
  REMOTE_REPO: Target
  SOURCE_REPO: $
  COMMIT_MESSAGE: $
  TEMP_DIR: temp_dir
  TARGET_DIR: DjangoBlog # custom the target dir

# Groups together all the jobs that run in this workflow.
jobs:
  # Defines a job name.
  Copy-directory-to-target:
    # set a name for the job
    name: Copy directory to a target repository
    # define the type of machine to run the job on.
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    # a sequence of tasks in a job
    steps:
      # Task: Collect event information.
      - name: Collect event information.
        run: |
          echo "================================================="
          echo "🚀 Triggered event:     $" 
          echo "💻 Server OS:           $"
          echo "📂 GitHub repository:   $"
          echo "🔍 Repository name:     $"
          echo "🌱 Branch:              $"
          echo "📦 Workspace:           $"
          echo "✅ Job status:          $"
          echo "================================================="

      # Task: checks out a copy of repository.
      - name: Check out repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      # Task: Clone the target repo
      - name: Clone the target repo
        run: |
          mkdir $TEMP_DIR
          git clone $REMOTE_URL $TEMP_DIR
        working-directory: /home/runner/work/$/

      # Task: Copy the directory to the target repository
      - name: Copy the directory to the target repository
        run: |
          cp -r ./$SOURCE_REPO/$TARGET_DIR ./$TEMP_DIR/$TARGET_DIR
        working-directory: /home/runner/work/$/

      # Task: Configure Git user for committing changes
      - name: Configure Git user
        run: |
          git config --global user.email "$"
          git config --global user.name "$"
        working-directory: /home/runner/work/$/$/

      # Task: Commit the changes
      - name: Commit changes
        run: |
          git add -A
          git commit -m "$COMMIT_MESSAGE"
          git log --oneline -4
        working-directory: /home/runner/work/$/$/

      # Task: Push the changes
      - name: Push changes
        run: |
          git remote set-url origin $REMOTE_URL
          git push https://$@github.com/$/$.git
        working-directory: /home/runner/work/$/$/
        env:
          REPO_TOKEN: $

      # Task: Remove temp dir
      - name: Remove temp dir
        run: |
          rm -rf $/
          pwd
          ls
        working-directory: /home/runner/work/$/

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