octosync/.github/workflows/keep-active.yml

name: "Keep the bot repository active!"

on:
  # run Thursday at 02:13 every week
  schedule:
    - cron: '13 2 * * THU'
  # so we can manually update
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: [ubuntu-20.04]
    steps:
      # We use this approach to sign all commits
      # Also to use basic git commands in the sync script
      # with no further authentication needed
      # see: https://github.com/vdm-io/github-user
      - name: Setup gitHub User Details
        # how to set secrets?
        # see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/encrypted-secrets
        env:
          # The github username with access
          GIT_USER: ${{ secrets.GIT_USER }}
          # The github user email with access
          GIT_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.GIT_EMAIL }}
          # The name of the myprivatekeys.asc user
          GPG_USER: ${{ secrets.GPG_USER }}
          # gpg -a --export-secret-keys >myprivatekeys.asc
          # The whole key file text from the above myprivatekeys.asc
          # This key must be linked to the github user being used
          GPG_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_KEY }}
          # A id_ed25519 ssh private key liked to the github user account
          # see: https://docs.github.com/en/github-ae@latest/github/authenticating-to-github/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent#generating-a-new-ssh-key
          SSH_KEY: ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY }}
          # A id_ed25519.pub ssh public key liked to the github user account
          SSH_PUB: ${{ secrets.SSH_PUB }}
        run: |
          /bin/bash <(/bin/curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vdm-io/github-user/master/src/setup.sh) --gpg-key "$GPG_KEY" --gpg-user "$GPG_USER" --ssh-key "$SSH_KEY" --ssh-pub "$SSH_PUB" --git-user "$GIT_USER" --git-email "$GIT_EMAIL"          
      - name: Clone Bot Repo
          # this is the repo that does the work
          run: |
            /bin/git clone -b master --single-branch git@github.com:vdm-io/github-sync-bot.git bot            
      - name: Set Active
        run: |
          cd bot
          /bin/bash ./src/active.sh