commit_github_file

This will commit a file directly on GitHub via the API

Commits a file directly to GitHub. You must provide your GitHub Personal token (get one from https://github.com/settings/tokens/new), the repository name and the relative file path from the root git project.
Out parameters provide the commit sha created, which can be used for later usage for examples such as releases, the direct download link and the full response JSON.
Documentation: https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/contents/#create-a-file.

commit_github_file
Supported platforms ios, android, mac
Author @tommeier
Returns A hash containing all relevant information for this commit
Access things like 'html_url', 'sha', 'message'

1 Example

response = commit_github_file(
  repository_name: "fastlane/fastlane",
  server_url: "https://api.github.com",
  api_token: ENV["GITHUB_TOKEN"],
  message: "Add my new file",
  branch: "master",
  path: "assets/my_new_file.xcarchive"
)

Parameters

Key Description Default
repository_name The path to your repo, e.g. 'fastlane/fastlane'
server_url The server url. e.g. 'https://your.internal.github.host/api/v3' (Default: 'https://api.github.com') https://api.github.com
api_token Personal API Token for GitHub - generate one at https://github.com/settings/tokens *
api_bearer Use a Bearer authorization token. Usually generated by Github Apps, e.g. GitHub Actions GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable
branch The branch that the file should be committed on (default: master) master
path The relative path to your file from project root e.g. assets/my_app.xcarchive
message The commit message. Defaults to the file name *
secure Optionally disable secure requests (ssl_verify_peer) true

* = default value is dependent on the user's system


Lane Variables

Actions can communicate with each other using a shared hash lane_context, that can be accessed in other actions, plugins or your lanes: lane_context[SharedValues:XYZ]. The commit_github_file action generates the following Lane Variables:

SharedValue Description
SharedValues::COMMIT_GITHUB_FILE_HTML_LINK Link to your committed file
SharedValues::COMMIT_GITHUB_FILE_SHA Commit SHA generated
SharedValues::COMMIT_GITHUB_FILE_JSON The whole commit JSON object response

To get more information check the Lanes documentation.


Documentation

To show the documentation in your terminal, run

fastlane action commit_github_file

CLI

It is recommended to add the above action into your Fastfile, however sometimes you might want to run one-offs. To do so, you can run the following command from your terminal

fastlane run commit_github_file

To pass parameters, make use of the : symbol, for example

fastlane run commit_github_file parameter1:"value1" parameter2:"value2"

It's important to note that the CLI supports primitive types like integers, floats, booleans, and strings. Arrays can be passed as a comma delimited string (e.g. param:"1,2,3"). Hashes are not currently supported.

It is recommended to add all fastlane actions you use to your Fastfile.


Source code

This action, just like the rest of fastlane, is fully open source, view the source code on GitHub


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