Create repository secrets to a specific secondary repository

Version updated for aviavinashkr/gha-create-repo-secret-env to version v1.0.

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Release notes

GitHub Action - Secret creation/updation

This action is made for creating and updating GitHub secrets for a specific environment.

Usage

The action is quite simple and can be used for any GitHub organization, the main need is an [Personal Access Token] with the necessary permissions.

When something go wrong the action will throw an error and break the workflow.

Example workflow

name: My Workflow
on: [push, pull_request]
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@master
    - name: Run action

      uses: <orgnization>/gha-create-repo-secret-for-env@main
      with:
        GitHubToken: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
        SecretName: "secret-name"
        SecretValue: "secret-value"
        Environment: "dev"
        Organization: "<orgnization>"
        Repository: "repository name"

Inputs

InputDescription
GitHubTokenPersonal access token from GitHub - it must have permission to create projects in the requested organization
SecretNameSecret name that needs to be added to a specific reposistpory within an environment
SecretValueSecret value that needs to be created/updated to a specific reposistpory within an environment
EnvironmentEnvironment to which the secret needs to be created/updated
OrganizationOrganization where to create the environments
RepositoryRepository name where the environment secret needs to be created/updated

Examples

Using the optional input

This is how to use the optional input.

    uses: ./gha-create-repo-secret-for-env/
    with:
      GitHubToken: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
      SecretName: "ClientID"
      SecretValue: "ClientID_Value"
      Environment: "dev"
      Organization: "<orgnization>"
      Repository: "repository name"