github-deploy 1.1.2

Deploy yaml files to a large number of repositories in seconds.

github-deploy

Using polyrepo's to manage projects ?

This can introduce a number challenges one of which is maintaining consistency across multiple repositories, for files like shared configurations without introducing git submodules or mono repositories which requires a more complex deployment configuration.

For example adding a github action or maintaing a consistent pull request template accross your organization.

Solution

github-deploy makes maintaining such configurations as easy as a single command.

Alias : gh-deploy

Installation

pip install github-deploy

Setup

A Personal Access Token which can be created using this guide

Required Scopes

The required scopes are repo and workflow

Usage

Upload files to github

gh-deploy upload --org [org] --token [PAT_TOKEN] --dest [LOCATION TO UPLOAD FILE] --source [SOURCE FILE LOCATION]

Example:

gh-deploy upload --org tj-actions --token [PAT_TOKEN] --dest '.github/workflows/auto-approve.yml' --source auto-approve.yml

NOTE: auto-approve.yml is located on your local system.

Deleting files on github

gh-deploy delete --org [org] --token [PAT_TOKEN] --dest [LOCATION TO DELETE]

Example:

gh-deploy delete --org tj-actions --token [PAT_TOKEN] --dest '.github/auto-approve.yml'

COMMAND

gh-deploy --help

Usage: gh-deploy [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  Deploy changes to multiple github repositories using a single command.

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  delete  Delete a file in all repositories owned by an organization/user.
  upload  Upload a file to all repositories owned by an organization/user.

gh-deploy upload --help

Usage: gh-deploy upload [OPTIONS]

  Upload a file to all repositories owned by an organization/user.

Options:
  --org TEXT                    The github organization.
  --token TEXT                  Personal Access token with read and write
                                access to org.

  --source PATH                 Source file.
  --dest TEXT                   Destination path.
  --overwrite / --no-overwrite  Overwrite existing files.
  --private / --no-private      Upload files to private repositories.
  --help                        Show this message and exit.

gh-deploy delete --help

Usage: gh-deploy delete [OPTIONS]

  Delete a file in all repositories owned by an organization/user.

Options:
  --org TEXT    The github organization.
  --token TEXT  Personal Access token with read and write access to org.
  --dest TEXT   Destination path to delete.
  --help        Show this message and exit.

Resources

• http://www.gigamonkeys.com/mono-vs-multi/