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ci: simplify sync workflow by removing date checks and always fetching updates #134

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14 changes: 3 additions & 11 deletions .github/workflows/sync.yml
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Expand Up @@ -29,23 +29,12 @@ jobs:
- name: Back up and sync all updates
shell: bash
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.WORKFLOW_TOKEN || github.token }}
MIRROR_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
REPOSITORY_NAME: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
UPSTREAM_OWNER: ${{ inputs.upstream_owner }}
run: |
set -euo pipefail

upstream_repository="${UPSTREAM_OWNER}/${REPOSITORY_NAME}"
mirror_date=$(date --date="$(gh repo view "${MIRROR_REPOSITORY}" --json updatedAt --jq .updatedAt)" '+%s')
upstream_date=$(date --date="$(gh repo view "${upstream_repository}" --json updatedAt --jq .updatedAt)" '+%s')

echo "MIRROR_DATE: ${mirror_date}"
echo "UPSTREAM_DATE: ${upstream_date}"

# Only mirror if there are actually updates
if [[ ${mirror_date} -ge ${upstream_date} ]]; then exit 0; fi

git remote add upstream "https://github.com/${upstream_repository}.git"
git fetch --prune upstream

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continue
fi

echo "Syncing ${name} from upstream/${name} to origin/${name}"

backup="backup/${today}/${GITHUB_RUN_ID}-${GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT}/${name}"
git branch "${backup}" "${branch}"
git push origin "refs/heads/${backup}"

echo "pushing ${name} to origin/${name}"
git push origin "+${branch}:refs/heads/${name}"
done

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3 changes: 1 addition & 2 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ The caller's `GITHUB_TOKEN` is used unless an optional `WORKFLOW_TOKEN` secret
is inherited or explicitly passed.
That token needs permission to force-push the mirrored branches and tags under
the repository's branch and tag protection rules.
The workflow uses each repository's GitHub `updatedAt` value to skip a run when
the mirror is at least as recent as its upstream.
The workflow fetches and pushes the upstream branches and tags on every run.

### Beaker Acceptance action:

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