Autocommit GitHub Changes

Author: kassett
Description: This GitHub Action allows you to automatically commit changes to a GitHub repository from within a GitHub Actions workflow. Supports direct commits or pull request creation.

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🔧 Inputs

Name	Required	Default	Description
branch	✅	-	The branch to commit to or base branch for PR.
github-token	✅	-	GitHub token used by gh CLI.
use-pull-request	❌	"false"	If true, creates a pull request instead of committing directly.
files	❌	""	Comma-separated list of files to commit. Mutually exclusive with commit-all.
commit-all	❌	"false"	If true, commits all tracked changes. Mutually exclusive with files.
commit-message	❌	"Auto-committed changes"	The commit message.
pull-request-title	❌	"Auto-generated PR"	Title for the pull request.
pull-request-body	❌	"PR created by GitHub Actions."	Body content of the pull request.
pull-request-labels	❌	""	Labels to attach to the PR. The labels must already exist for the repository.
pull-request-branch-name	❌	""	Custom name for the PR branch. Random if not set.
commit-untracked-files	❌	"false"	If true, includes untracked files.

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📤 Outputs

Name	Description
sha	The SHA of the commit created.
branch	The name of the branch used for the PR.
pr-number	The number of the pull request created.

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▶️ Usage

jobs:
  commit-changes:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Make changes
        run: echo "Hello world" > hello.txt

      - name: Commit changes
        uses: kassett/autocommit-action@v3
        with:
          branch: main
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          commit-all: "true"
          commit-message: "Automated commit from workflow"