4. Create Data Only Branch for FrEDI #2
Workflow file for this run
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# https://itecnote.com/tecnote/git-create-a-new-branch-with-only-a-specified-directory-and-its-history-then-push-to-new-repository/ | |
## Create a new branch iwth just one specified directory | |
name: Create Data Only Branch | |
on: | |
workflow_dispatch: | |
inputs: | |
branch_name: | |
type: string | |
description: Type suffix to your branch name data_only_branch_* | |
jobs: | |
get_data: | |
runs-on: ubuntu-latest | |
env: | |
GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | |
steps: | |
- uses: actions/checkout@v2 | |
with: | |
token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | |
- name: Commit new branch | |
run: | | |
git config --global user.email "[email protected]" | |
git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions" | |
git config --global --add --bool push.autoSetupRemote true | |
git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/data_only_branch_${{ github.event.inputs.branch_name }} | |
rm .git/index | |
git clean -fdx | |
git checkout ${GITHUB_REF##*/} ./data | |
git add ./data/* | |
git commit -am "creating data only branch on data_only_branch_${{ github.event.inputs.branch_name }}" | |
git fetch origin | |
git branch -a | |
ls -a | |
git push origin data_only_branch_${{ github.event.inputs.branch_name }} | |