GitHub Action: Generate a build and push to another branch

publish.yml

# .github/workflows/publish.yml
name: Generate a build and push to another branch

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master # Remove this line if your primary branch is "main"
      - main # Remove this line if your primary branch is "master"

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Build and Push
    steps:
      - name: git-checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Install all dependencies
        run: npm install

      - name: Build
        run: npm run build # The build command of your project
    
      - name: Push
        uses: s0/git-publish-subdir-action@develop
        env:
          REPO: self
          BRANCH: build # The branch name where you want to push the assets
          FOLDER: build # The directory where your assets are generated
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # GitHub will automatically add this - you don't need to bother getting a token
          MESSAGE: "Build: ({sha}) {msg}" # The commit message

how do i add node version here

This is replacing all the files in the target branch. Is there any way to add new files to existing folder in target branch?

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        node-version: [14.x]

    steps:
    - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
      uses: actions/setup-node@v1
      with:
        node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
    
    - name: Install dependencies
      run: yarn install
    

@SivasakthiMTR did you find any solution?

This is replacing all the files in the target branch. Is there any way to add new files to existing folder in target branch?

https://github.com/s0/git-publish-subdir-action

It says:

By default, this action will clear the target branch of any pre-existing files, and only keep those that are defined in the target FOLDER when the action was run.

@catalinux @SivasakthiMTR Does CLEAR_GLOBS_FILE not work?

That's really helpful, thanks

@micaelomota No need to write all that, just

      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: '18.x'

First of all, thanks! Can I specify the directory that I would like to build? Becase I have a frontend and backend separated directory in same repository.

@rkorom Yes, you can add a step that contains a cd command. Let me know if that doesn't work or if you still need help.

@rkorom

First of all, thanks! Can I specify the directory that I would like to build? Becase I have a frontend and backend separated directory in same repository.

You can specify the default directory after the build name and before the steps, for the coming steps by doing so:
Imagining that the build folder is inside a folder named "client"

    defaults:
        run:
          working-directory: ./client

keep in mind that but doing this you need to specify the FOLDER param on s0/git-publish-subdir-action@develop to ./client/build instead of just build

I'm getting this error:

remote: Write access to repository not granted.
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/<repo>.git/': The requested URL returned error: 403

Error: Process exited with code: 128:
remote: Write access to repository not granted.
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/<repo>.git/': The requested URL returned error: 403

    at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/home/runner/work/_actions/s0/git-publish-subdir-action/develop/action/dist/index.js:11966:20)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:513:[28](https://github.com/<repo>/actions/runs/7593337563/job/20683765413#step:5:29))
    at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1100:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:[30](https://github.com/<repo>/actions/runs/7593337563/job/20683765413#step:5:31)4:5)

<repo> is my repository's path ("org/repo").