TeMPLate Continuous Following

A GitHub Action that automates the process of checking for updates in template files from multiple remote repositories and merging the changes into corresponding follower files in a your repository. The action also creates a pull request in the your repository whenever there are updates to the template files.

• Features
• Configuration
• Usage
• License

• Supports multiple template repositories
• Supports multiple template files in each repository
• Supports multiple files corresponding to the template files
• Automatically checks for updates in the template files
• Merges the changes into the your files when updates are detected
• Creates a pull request in the your repository for the updated files

The action requires a tmpl_cf.json file that stores the necessary information for the action execution:

{
  "file_paths": [
    {
      "template_repo_url": "https://github.com/your/template-repository-1",
      "template_file_path": "path/to/template-file-1",
      "follower_file_path": "path/to/my-file-1",
      "last_applied_commit": "commit-hash-1"
    },
    {
      "template_repo_url": "https://github.com/your/template-repository-2",
      "template_file_path": "path/to/template-file-2",
      "follower_file_path": "path/to/my-file-2",
      "last_applied_commit": "commit-hash-2"
    }
  ],
  "follower_branch_name": "tmpl-cf",
  "base_branch_name": "main",
  "follower_commit_message": "[tmpl-cf] Update my files with latest template changes",
  "pr_title": "[tmpl-cf] Update my files with latest template changes",
  "pr_body": "This PR updates my files with the latest changes made in the templates."
}

Replace the placeholders in the tmpl_cf.json file with the appropriate information for your GitHub repositories.

Add the following to your GitHub Actions workflow file (e.g., .github/workflows/tmpl-cf.yml):

name: Template Continuous Following

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 0 * * *' # Run daily at midnight
  workflow_dispatch: # Allow manual trigger

jobs:
  follow_template_updates:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write
      pull-requests: write

    steps:
    - name: Check out repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v2

    - name: Execute tmpl-cf
      uses: dondakeshimo/tmpl-cf@main

Ensure that Settings > Actions > General > Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests is enabled.

This project is released under the MIT License.