sync_template.yml

name: Sync with Template Repository

on:
  #schedule:
    # Run weekly on Monday at 9 AM UTC
    # - cron: '0 9 * * 1'
  workflow_dispatch:

# This enables to run a single workflow at a time
concurrency:
  group: notebooks-global-lock-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: false

permissions:
  contents: write

jobs:
  sync-template:
    name: Sync with template repository
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Configure Git
        run: |
          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"

      - name: Add upstream remote
        run: |
          git remote add upstream https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.SYNC_TOKEN }}@github.com/CellMigrationLab/LabConstrictor.git
          # git remote add upstream https://github.com/CellMigrationLab/LabConstrictor.git

      - name: Fetch upstream changes
        run: |
          git fetch upstream

      - name: Fetch specific folders from upstream
        run: |
          set -euxo pipefail
          # Checkout .github and .tools folders from upstream
          git checkout upstream/main -- .github .tools
          
      - name: Check for changes
        id: check-changes
        run: |
          if git diff --cached --quiet; then
            echo "has_changes=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          else
            echo "has_changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          fi

      - name: Commit and push changes
        if: steps.check-changes.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
        run: |
          git commit -m "Sync .github and .tools with template repository"
          git push origin main