Action Repo Dispatch

This is a GitHub Action to start a workflow in a different repository.

Version Tags

v1 - always succeeds, but shows the error message in the logs v2 - fails the job if the call fails, but swallows the error message

Inputs

NAME	DESCRIPTION	TYPE	REQUIRED	DEFAULT
owner	The owner of the repo. So for this project it would be KrogerWalt	string	true	N/A
repo	The name of the repo. So for this project it would be action-repo-dispatch	string	true	N/A
user	The user who owns the PAT.	string	true	N/A
PAT	A Personal Access Token belonging to the user supplied.	string	true	N/A
workflow	The name of the .yml file for which workflow you want started.	string	false	build.yml
branch	The name of the branch to use with the workflow you want started.	string	false	main

Example

name: Build Library and Start App Build

on:
  pull_request:
    types: [closed]

jobs:
  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      
... build work for my local repo

      - uses: KrogerWalt/action-repo-dispatch@v2
        with:
          owner: KrogerWalt
          repo: AmazingApp
          user: ${{ secrets.GH_USER }}
          PAT: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
          workflow: update-library.yml

In your target repo (KrogerWalt/AmazingApp in this case) you need the .github/workflows/ directory to contain a file with the name you provided (or build.yml if using the default) and that file will need to include workflow_dispatch: under the on: section.

License

Action Repo Dispatch is released under the Apache License 2.0.