local-copy

A small Github action for copying files and directories during workflow runtime.

local-copy is a simple interface for copying files and directories during the runtime of a workflow.

Usage:

The following is an example of a short workflow snippet that uses local-copy to move files locally in a repository fetched by actions/checkout:

name: Test
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
  - uses: actions/checkout@v4
  - uses: illinois/local-copy@v2
    with:
      src_path: source
      dst_path: dest
      copy: >
        test-from.txt : test-from.txt,
        Makefile : Makefile

Assuming this step is correct, the repository will have the following local directory structure:

test-repo/
├─ dest/
│  ├─ test-to.txt
│  ├─ Makefile
├─ source/
│  ├─ Makefile
│  ├─ test-from.txt

Parameters:

Parameter	Required?	Description	Default
src_path	No	A path from $GITHUB_WORKSPACE$ to a directory that where the files to be copied are located. For copying files, the path to this directory will be prepended onto the path for any files listed in from. For cases where the files that are copied are not all in the same directory, src_path should not be modified from its default.	''
dst_path	No	A path from $GITHUB_WORKSPACE$ to a directory that where the files to be copied to are located. For copying files, the path to this directory will be prepended onto the path for any files listed in to. For cases where the destinations for copied files are not all in the same directory, dst_path should not be modified from its default.	''
copy	Yes	A comma separated list of source and destination pairings for copying a file. Each pairing is of the format <from>:<to>. $GITHUB_WORKSPACE$ is treated as the base directory, unless src_path and dst_path are specified.