sync-to-gitlab.yml

# Continuous Integration (CI) Actions for mirroring GitHub repo to GitLab
#
# References: 
# - https://dev.to/brunorobert/github-and-gitlab-sync-44mn 
# - https://github.com/marketplace/actions/mirror-to-gitlab-and-run-gitlab-ci 
# - https://github.com/action-pack/gitlab-sync

name: Sync to GitLab

# Controls when the workflow will run
on:
  # Triggers the workflow on push events but only for the "main" branch
  # Does not implement on delete event
  push:
    branches: [ "main" ]

  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
  workflow_dispatch:

# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
jobs:
  # This workflow contains a single job called "sync"
  sync:
    # The type of runner that the job will run on
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Sync Git Repo

    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
    steps:
      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, with full fetch-depth
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      
      # Runs the latest yaml file  and shell command script from action-pack/gitlab-sync
      # username is GitLab username stored in GitHub org's secrets
      # token is obtained from GitLab repo's group and entered into GitHub org's settings as secrets
      # Make sure url is correctly set to target repo's URL
      - uses: action-pack/gitlab-sync@master
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.GITLAB_USERNAME }}
          token: ${{ secrets.GITLAB_SYNC_TRUE_HINDSIGHT }}
          url: https://gitlab.com/${{ github.repository }}.git