WordPress Theme Deployment with Github Action and rsync

main.yml

# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions

name: Build & Deploy to Staging (DO)

# Controls when the workflow will run
on:
  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the main branch
  push:
    branches: [ staging ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ staging ]

# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
jobs:
  # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
  build:
    # The type of runner that the job will run on
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
    steps:
      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      # Runs a single command using the runners shell
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
        with:
          node-version: 14.17.1

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: yarn

      - name: Build
        run: yarn production

      - name: Install SSH Key
        uses: shimataro/ssh-key-action@v2
        with:
          key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
          known_hosts: 'just-a-placeholder-so-we-dont-get-errors'

      - name: Adding Known Hosts
        run: ssh-keyscan -H ${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }} >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts

      - name: Deploy with rsync
        run: |
          rsync -avz ./ ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}@${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }}:${{secrets.SSH_DEST}} \
            --exclude /.git/ \
            --exclude /.github/ \
            --exclude /node_modules/ \
            --exclude webpack.mix.js \
            --exclude yarn.lock \
            --exclude /src/ \
            --exclude .gitignore \
            --exclude .DS_Store