https://github.com/stavares843/sync-public-repo-to-private-repo

Github Action to sync a public repo to a private repo
https://github.com/stavares843/sync-public-repo-to-private-repo

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Github Action to sync a public repo to a private repo

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/stavares843/sync-public-repo-to-private-repo
• Owner: stavares843
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-02-03T01:10:26.000Z (12 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-08-18T21:42:48.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-26T06:08:03.049Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: github-actions
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• Size: 10.7 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Github Action to sync a public repo to a private repo

![002](https://github.com/stavares843/sync-public-repo-to-private-repo/assets/29093946/b5ccfa8f-5851-44a5-ae0d-d96f90f5d1f2)

# Description

If you have a public repo and want to test something with the same content on a private repo, you can do a private repo by

- Create a new repo

- Import the repo using the public URL

- You now have a private repo with the same content as the public one, but it's not synced automatically, and it doesn't have a sync button like the forked repos 

- Add the above file as a workflow and update it with the correct repo info

- Go to actions, select the action, click on run workflow, and run the action

- When you add a new commit on the public repo, re-running the action will update the branch on the private repo with the latest commit as well

- You can also add a cron job on the action to update automatically instead

# Usage

https://github.com/stavares843/sync-public-repo-to-private-repo/assets/29093946/a991ce55-6f4f-4dce-b7b4-4559c37340b0



   



# Notes

If your repo has a `.workflows` folder you need to add the following to avoid this error



- You need to create a token with `contents:write` and `workflows:write` scopes and add it on the checkout step

```

      - name: Check out code

        uses: actions/checkout@v4

        with:

          # Fine-grained PAT with contents:write and workflows:write scopes

          token: ${{ secrets.WORKFLOW }}

```