gh_actions.md

GitHub Actions

Update submodules recursively

• Add the submodule to the downstream repo

  git submodule add https://github.com/pythoninthegrass/automate_boring_stuff.git
  git commit -m "automate_boring_stuff submodule"
  git push

• Create a personal access token called PRIVATE_TOKEN_GITHUB with repo permissions on the downstream repo
  • repo:status
  • repo_deployment
  • public_repo
• Add that key to the original repo
  • Settings > Security > Secrets > Actions
  • New repository secret
• Setup a new Action workflow
  • Actions > New Workflow
  • Choose a workflow > set up a workflow yourself

  # main.yml
  # SOURCE: https://stackoverflow.com/a/68213855
  name: Send submodule updates to parent repo
  
  on:
  push:
      branches:
      - main
      - master
  
  jobs:
  update:
      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
  
      steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
          with:
          repository: username/repo_name
          token: ${{ secrets.PRIVATE_TOKEN_GITHUB }}
  
      - name: Pull & update submodules recursively
          run: |
          git submodule update --init --recursive
          git submodule update --recursive --remote
      - name: Commit
          run: |
          git config user.email "actions@github.com"
          git config user.name "GitHub Actions - update submodules"
          git add --all
          git commit -m "Update submodules" || echo "No changes to commit"
          git push