Git Sync
A GitHub Action for syncing between two independent repositories using force push.
Features
- Sync branches between two GitHub repositories
- Sync branches to/from a remote repository
- GitHub action can be triggered on a timer or on push
- To sync with current repository, please checkout Github Repo Sync
Usage
Always make a full backup of your repo (git clone --mirror) before using this action.
GitHub Actions
# File: .github/workflows/repo-sync.yml
on: push
jobs:
repo-sync:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: repo-sync
uses: wei/git-sync@v2
with:
source_repo: ""
source_branch: ""
destination_repo: ""
destination_branch: ""
ssh_private_key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
ssh_private_key can be omitted if using authenticated HTTPS repo clone urls like https://username:access_token@github.com/username/repository.git.
Advanced: Sync all branches
To Sync all branches from source to destination, use source_branch: "refs/remotes/source/*" and destination_branch: "refs/heads/*". But be careful, branches with the same name including master will be overwritten.
Advanced: Sync all tags
To Sync all tags from source to destination, use source_branch: "refs/tags/*" and destination_branch: "refs/tags/*". But be careful, tags with the same name will be overwritten.
Docker
docker run --rm -e "SSH_PRIVATE_KEY=$(cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa)" $(docker build -q .) \
$SOURCE_REPO $SOURCE_BRANCH $DESTINATION_REPO $DESTINATION_BRANCH