GitHub Action for committing changes to a repository

GitHub Action that will create a new commit and push it back to the repository.

Dockerized as devopsinfra/action-commit-push.

Features:

• Can add a custom prefix to commit message title by setting commit_prefix.
• As a commit message title will use commit_message if set, or commit_prefix and add changed files or just list of changed files.
• Can create a new branch when target_branch is set.
• Can add a timestamp to a branch name (great for cron-based updates):
  • When target_branch is set and add_timestamp is true will create a branch named ${branch_name}/${add_timestamp}.
  • When target_branch is not set and add_timestamp is true will create a branch named ${add_timestamp}.
• Good to combine with my other action devops-infra/action-pull-request.
• Can use git push --force for fast-forward changes with force input.

Badge swag

Reference

    - name: Run the Action
      uses: devops-infra/action-commit-push@master
      with:
        github_token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
        add_timestamp: true
        commit_prefix: "[AUTO]"
        commit_message: "Automatic commit"
        force: false
        target_branch: update/version

Input Variable	Required	Default	Description
github_token	Yes	""	Personal Access Token for GitHub for pushing the code.
add_timestamp	No	false	Whether to add the timestamp to a new branch name. Uses format %Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%SZ.
amend	No	false	Whether to make amendment to the previous commit (--amend). Cannot be used together with commit_message or commit_prefix.
commit_prefix	No	""	Prefix added to commit message. Combines with commit_message.
commit_message	No	""	Commit message to set. Combines with commit_prefix. Cannot be used together with amend.
force	No	false	Whether to use force push for fast-forward changes (--force). Use only if necessary, e.g. when using --amend. And set fetch-depth: 0 for actions/checkout.
no_edit	No	false	Whether to not edit commit message when using amend (--no-edit).
organization_domain	No	github.com	Github Enterprise domain name.
target_branch	No	current branch	Name of a new branch to push the code into. Creates branch if not existing.

Outputs	Description
files_changed	List of changed files. As returned by git diff --staged --name-status.
branch_name	Name of the branch code was pushed into.

Examples

Commit and push changes to currently checked out branch.

name: Push changes
on:
  push
jobs:
  change-and-push:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Change something
        run: |
          find . -type f -name "*.md" -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i "s/foo/bar/g"
      - name: Commit and push changes
        uses: devops-infra/action-commit-push@master
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          commit_message: Replaced foo with bar

Commit and push changes to a new branch and create pull request using my other action devops-infra/action-pull-request.

name: Push changes
on:
  push
jobs:
  change-and-push:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Change something
        run: |
          find . -type f -name "*.md" -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i "s/foo/bar/g"
      - name: Commit and push changes
        uses: devops-infra/action-commit-push@master
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          commit_prefix: "[AUTO-COMMIT] foo/bar replace"
      - name: Create pull request
        uses: devops-infra/action-pull-request@master
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          body: "**Automated pull request**<br><br>Replaced foo/bar"
          title: ${{ github.event.commits[0].message }}