feat(#567): Add the name of the .templatesyncignore file as a paramet…

…er (#568)


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Signed-off-by: Jonathan Østrup <7877957+TechnicallyJoe@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: andy Augustin <AndreasAugustin@users.noreply.github.com>

.all-contributorsrc

@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
       "login": "TechnicallyJoe",
       "name": "Jonathan Østrup",
       "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7877957?v=4",
-      "profile": "https://technicallyjoe.net/",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/technicallyjoe",
       "contributions": [
         "ideas",
         "code"
@@ -354,4 +354,4 @@
   "skipCi": true,
   "commitConvention": "angular",
   "commitType": "docs"
-}
+}

README.md

@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ jobs:
 | gpg_private_key | `[optional]` set if you want to sign commits | `false` | |
 | gpg_passphrase | `[optional]` set if your optionial gpg private key has a passphrase | `false` | |
 | steps | `[optional] add the steps you want to execute within the action` | `false` | all steps will be executed |
+| template_sync_ignore_file_path | `[optional] set the path to the ignore file.` | false |`.templatesyncignore` |
 | is_with_tags | `[optional]` set to `true` if tags should be synced | `false` | `false` |
 
 ### Action Outputs
@@ -316,6 +317,11 @@ in defining the files and folders that should be excluded from syncing with the
 
 It can also be stored inside `.github` folder.
 
+The `template_sync_ignore_file_path` parameter allows you to specify a path to an ignore file. This variable defaults to `.templatesyncignore`.
+Changing this allows you to support template sync with more than one repository using different ignore files.
+
+The action will look for the path specified within `.` or `.github/`
+
 _Note: It is not possible to sync also the `.templatesyncignore` itself. Any changes from the template repository will be restored automatically._
 
 **Remark** reading the [gitglossary][git-glossary] (_pathspec_ section) you see a slight difference to the `.gitignore` file
@@ -746,7 +752,7 @@ Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/d
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/brian6932"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/18603393?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Brian"/><br /><sub><b>Brian</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/AndreasAugustin/actions-template-sync/commits?author=brian6932" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/MuriloChianfa"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/60560085?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="MuriloChianfa"/><br /><sub><b>MuriloChianfa</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/AndreasAugustin/actions-template-sync/commits?author=MuriloChianfa" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/davidsnyder"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/229108?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="David Snyder"/><br /><sub><b>David Snyder</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#research-davidsnyder" title="Research">🔬</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://technicallyjoe.net/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7877957?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Jonathan Østrup"/><br /><sub><b>Jonathan Østrup</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#ideas-TechnicallyJoe" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="https://github.com/AndreasAugustin/actions-template-sync/commits?author=TechnicallyJoe" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/technicallyjoe"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7877957?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Jonathan Østrup"/><br /><sub><b>Jonathan Østrup</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#ideas-TechnicallyJoe" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="https://github.com/AndreasAugustin/actions-template-sync/commits?author=TechnicallyJoe" title="Code">💻</a></td>
     </tr>
   </tbody>
 </table>

action.yml

@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ inputs:
     description: "[optional] set if your private gpg key has a password"
   steps:
     description: "[optional] set the steps to execute within the action"
+  template_sync_ignore_file_path:
+    description: "[optional] set the path to the ignore file"
+    default: ".templatesyncignore"
   is_with_tags:
     description: "[optional] set to true if tags should be synced"
     default: "false"
@@ -118,4 +121,5 @@ runs:
         GPG_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ inputs.gpg_private_key }}
         GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ inputs.gpg_passphrase }}
         STEPS: ${{ inputs.steps }}
+        TEMPLATE_SYNC_IGNORE_FILE_PATH: ${{ inputs.template_sync_ignore_file_path }}
         IS_WITH_TAGS: ${{ inputs.is_with_tags }}

src/sync_template.sh

@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ if ! [ -x "$(command -v gh)" ]; then
   exit 1;
 fi
 
+if [[ -z "${TEMPLATE_SYNC_IGNORE_FILE_PATH}" ]]; then
+  err "Missing env variable 'TEMPLATE_SYNC_IGNORE_FILE_PATH'";
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
 ########################################################
 # Variables
 ########################################################
@@ -42,12 +47,12 @@ if [[ -n "${SRC_SSH_PRIVATEKEY_ABS_PATH}" ]]; then
   export GIT_SSH_COMMAND="ssh -i ${SRC_SSH_PRIVATEKEY_ABS_PATH}"
 fi
 
+TEMPLATE_SYNC_IGNORE_FILE_PATH="${TEMPLATE_SYNC_IGNORE_FILE_PATH:-".templatesyncignore"}"
 IS_WITH_TAGS="${IS_WITH_TAGS:-"false"}"
 IS_FORCE_PUSH_PR="${IS_FORCE_PUSH_PR:-"false"}"
 IS_KEEP_BRANCH_ON_PR_CLEANUP="${IS_KEEP_BRANCH_ON_PR_CLEANUP:-"false"}"
 GIT_REMOTE_PULL_PARAMS="${GIT_REMOTE_PULL_PARAMS:---allow-unrelated-histories --squash --strategy=recursive -X theirs}"
 
-TEMPLATE_SYNC_IGNORE_FILE_PATH=".templatesyncignore"
 TEMPLATE_REMOTE_GIT_HASH=$(git ls-remote "${SOURCE_REPO}" HEAD | awk '{print $1}')
 SHORT_TEMPLATE_GIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse --short "${TEMPLATE_REMOTE_GIT_HASH}")
 
@@ -75,7 +80,7 @@ debug "PR_BODY ${PR_BODY}"
 # Check if the Ignore File exists inside .github folder or if it doesn't exist at all
 if [[ -f ".github/${TEMPLATE_SYNC_IGNORE_FILE_PATH}" || ! -f "${TEMPLATE_SYNC_IGNORE_FILE_PATH}" ]]; then
   debug "using ignore file as in .github folder"
-  TEMPLATE_SYNC_IGNORE_FILE_PATH=".github/${TEMPLATE_SYNC_IGNORE_FILE_PATH}"
+    TEMPLATE_SYNC_IGNORE_FILE_PATH=".github/${TEMPLATE_SYNC_IGNORE_FILE_PATH}"
 fi
 
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