nothing to commit during commit changes log step in github actions

[syntapy]

Hi, not sure where to proceed in terms of fixing this

I am trying to use a template repository with a repository that is derived from that. In my derivetive repository I add a test comment in a script file I use and try to sync the derivetive repository to that

I've managed to get the manually run template sync workflow to run without errors in my derivetive repo, but it says nothing to commit at the end, and no branch or PR is made in my derivetive reposirory

I have verified that it is checking out the correct template repository, based on looking at commit hash, and it is trying

From my template repo I have in .github/workflows/template-sync.yml:

on:
  # cronjob trigger
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 0 1 * *"
  # manual trigger
  workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
  repo-sync:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-jobs/assigning-permissions-to-jobs
    permissions:
      contents: write
      pull-requests: write

    steps:
      # To use this repository's private action, you must check out the repository
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        # https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage
        # uncomment if you use submodules within the repository
        # with:
        #   submodules: true

      - name: actions-template-sync
        uses: AndreasAugustin/actions-template-sync@v2
        with:
          source_repo_path: syntapy/test-driven-web-app-template
          upstream_branch: main
          steps: "commit,push,pr"
          pr_labels: template_sync

This is matched in my derivetive repo (which I manually did)

In a script in bin/ I then add a test comment. Then I run the workflow. I verify that it checks out from the correct derivetive repo based on the hash in the Checkout step. And the hash in the actions-template-sync step shows the correct template repo

But in the workflow run log, when it gets to the commit changes part, it says

  ::info::handle .templatesyncignore
  ::info::nothing to commit

My template repo is test-driven-web-app-template and here is the log for the workflow run in my derivetive repo

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[AndreasAugustin]

Hi @syntapy and sorry for late response. Is by any chance the bin/ folder within your .gitignore file?

Or within the .templatesyncignore file? You can also try to set the is_force_push_pr parameter to true

[AndreasAugustin]

@syntapy most likely I found your issue. You are using the optional advanced steps parameter and it seems you do not pull with the steps. Just comment this parameter if not needed.

If you need it, you should also pull from the template repo. Please check the example ( there are 2 action steps using the action. The first is doing the pull)

[AndreasAugustin]

@syntapy did you solve the issue?

[syntapy]

Yup, thank you! I appreciate the help