AUR Update

Updates AUR packages on release

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Description [↑]

This is a Github Action that updates AUR git packages on release.

Usage [↑]

To use this GitHub Action you need to already have initialized the AUR repository and uploaded a first version. The pkgbase must not end in -git for this action to work and to differentiate it from the release action which you can maintain with this action's twin AUR Update Git.

Once that has been taken care of, you need to create a folder in your GitHub repository were the AUR packages will be stored and updated (by default /aur). Inside said folder, you must create a folder named exactly as the pkgbase for each package you intend to maintain. Then, optionally, fill each package's folder with it's AUR content (PKGBUILD .SRCINFO ...).

After all this preparations have been done it is only left to create the workflow .yml file under .github/workflows/.

The .yml file needs certain fields to have specific values to work. These are:

Permissions to write to the repo

permissions:
  contents: write

Run the job on a priviledged Arch container

On the job element:

runs-on: ubuntu-latest 
container:
  image: archlinux
  options: --privileged

Run on release

on:
  release:
    types: [published]

Not really needed but it is intented to work on release

Parameters

Inputs	Default	Required	Description
aur_key	no default	true	AUR ssh private key
ref	'master'	false	Checkout reference
username	${{ github.actor || 'github-actions-bot'}}	false	Git username to use
email	'[email protected]'	false	Git email to use
repo	${{ github.repository }}	false	Repository: user/repo_name
repo_name	${{ github.event.repository.name }}	false	Repository name
aur_folder	./aur	false	AUR files folder
tag_name	${{ github.event.release.tag_name || 'no-tag' }}	false	Release tag name for commit messages

Examples

Basic

name: AUR Update
on:
  release:
    types: [published]
permissions:
  contents: write
jobs:
  aur-update-git:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest 
    container:
      image: archlinux
      options: --privileged
    steps:
      - name: AUR Update
        uses: TheWisker/aur-update@master
        with:
          aur_key: ${{ secrets.AUR_KEY }}

The most basic workflow file

Advanced

name: AUR Update
run-name: AUR package update by ${{ github.actor }} release
on:
  release:
    types: [published]
permissions:
  contents: write
concurrency:
  group: "aur"
  cancel-in-progress: true
jobs:
  aur-update-git:
    environment:
      name: aur-packages
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest 
    container:
      image: archlinux
      options: --privileged
    steps:
      - name: AUR Update
        uses: TheWisker/aur-update@master
        with:
          aur_key: ${{ secrets.AUR_KEY }}
          username: TheWisker
          email: [email protected]

Specifies a concurrency group so if it is called multiple times at once it only runs the last one. It also specifies an environment to deploy to so you can, for example, add a delay to said environment so you can cancel the AUR update if there has been a mistake in the release. The environment can also be used to only allow access to the AUR_KEY secret to it to minimize security risks.

Discussions [↑]

Feel free to give any ideas for future improvements here and ask any questions you have here.

Support [↑]

If you have got any problems with the action please refer to the SUPPORT.md file.

Contributions [↑]

First and foremost, all contributions are welcome! The steps involved when making a contribution are explained in the CONTRIBUTING.md file. We look forward to your contributions!

• The contributors list is located here.

Code of Conduct [↑]

This project follows the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct.

Author [↑]

TheWisker