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feat: Ability to specify a custom user/email for git commits #35

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feat: Ability to specify a custom user/email for git commits
mcourtois Apr 4, 2025
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Merge branch 'main' into feat/custom-git-user
mgerlach May 8, 2026
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ This also isn't limited to Github Action yaml files - another use case could be
| --- | :---: | :---: |
| `GITHUB_TOKEN` | - | **Required** Token to use to get repos and write secrets. `${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}` will not work. instead **Personal Access Token Required*** |
| `GIT_URL` | github.com | URL for the instance of github, where repositories should be searched for. Change if using a GHES instance. |
| `GIT_USER` | Workflow Sync Bot | The name of the user to use for git commits. |
| `GIT_EMAIL` | githubactionbot+workflowsync@gmail.com | The email of the user to use for git commits. |
| `REPOSITORIES` | - | **Required** New line deliminated regex expressions to select repositories. Repositires are limited to those in whcich the token user is an owner or collaborator. |
| `WORKFLOW_FILES` | - | **Required** New line deliminated regex expressions. workflow files to be copied to provided repositores |
| `DRY_RUN` | ***false*** | Run everything except for nothing will be pushed. |
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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions action.yml
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Expand Up @@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ inputs:
description: "The URL to the Github server. Defaults to github.com. Change if using a GHES instance."
default: 'github.com'
required: false
GIT_USER:
description: "The name of the user to use for git commits."
default: 'Workflow Sync Bot'
required: false
GIT_EMAIL:
description: "The email of the user to use for git commits."
default: 'githubactionbot+workflowsync@gmail.com'
required: false
DRY_RUN:
description: "Run everything except for nothing will be Updated."
required: false
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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions src/variables.js
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Expand Up @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ const PULL_REQUEST = toolkit.input.tobool( core.getInput( 'PULL_REQUES
const SKIP_CI = toolkit.input.tobool( core.getInput( 'SKIP_CI' ) );
const GITHUB_TOKEN = core.getInput( 'GITHUB_TOKEN' );
const GIT_URL = core.getInput( 'GIT_URL' );
const GIT_USER = core.getInput( 'GIT_USER' );
const GIT_EMAIL = core.getInput( 'GIT_EMAIL' );
const RAW_REPOSITORIES = core.getInput( 'REPOSITORIES' );
const COMMIT_MESSAGE = core.getInput( 'COMMIT_MESSAGE' );
const RAW_WORKFLOW_FILES = core.getInput( 'WORKFLOW_FILES' );
Expand All @@ -19,8 +21,8 @@ const GITHUB_WORKSPACE = toolkit.input.env( 'GITHUB_WORKSPACE' );
const WORKSPACE = toolkit.path.dirname( toolkit.path.dirname( GITHUB_WORKSPACE ) ) + '/workflow-sync/';

module.exports = {
GIT_USER: 'Workflow Sync Bot',
GIT_EMAIL: 'githubactionbot+workflowsync@gmail.com',
GIT_USER,
GIT_EMAIL,
AUTO_CREATE_NEW_BRANCH,
COMMIT_EACH_FILE,
DRY_RUN,
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