The action passes… but nothing is written on the file

[eRouge-ps]

Hey,

so I’ve managed to make this action work (very basic : go to branch, write something) :

`name: Append File
on:
pull_request:
types: [labeled, unlabeled]

jobs:
build:
name: Append Text
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
with:
ref: writefile
- name: Write File
uses: DamianReeves/[email protected]
with:
path: ${{github.workspace}}/test
contents: |
echo "Hello World!"
write-mode: overwrite`

The action is a success, but the file does not change at all… maybe I need to commit every thing ? I have no clue. If you have an idea I’d love to hear it !

Thanks a lot !

[Glazomer]

Did u solved it?

[leonstafford]

@eRouge-ps, please edit your issue to use ```, rather than `, as this will format your multiline code sample properly

example:

name: Append File
on:
pull_request:
types: [labeled, unlabeled]

jobs:
build:
name: Append Text
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
with:
ref: writefile
- name: Write File
uses: DamianReeves/[email protected]
with:
path: ${{github.workspace}}/test
contents: |
echo "Hello World!"
write-mode: overwrite

[DamianReeves]

Hey,

so I’ve managed to make this action work (very basic : go to branch, write something) :

`name: Append File
on:
pull_request:
types: [labeled, unlabeled]

jobs:
build:
name: Append Text
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:

• uses: actions/checkout@v2
  with:
  ref: writefile
• name: Write File
  uses: DamianReeves/[email protected]
  with:
  path: ${{github.workspace}}/test
  contents: |
  echo "Hello World!"
  write-mode: overwrite`

The action is a success, but the file does not change at all… maybe I need to commit every thing ? I have no clue. If you have an idea I’d love to hear it !

Thanks a lot !

So with YAML formatting matters so given what you have there its hard to debug, if you are still having an issue could you properly format the comment?

[FerhatPflegia]

I have currently the same issue. Is it solved? Mine looks like this:

name: Write commit hash and message in enviroment
uses: DamianReeves/[email protected]
with:
  path: ${{ github.workspace }}/.env
  contents: |
    echo "MESSAGE={{ github.event.head_commit.message }}"
  write-mode: append

[mifriis]

Hi all,
You need to run through the process of pushing the file afterwards

      - run: git config --local user.email "[email protected]"
      - run: git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
      - run: git add scores
      - run: git commit -m "file updated"
      - run: "git push https://x-access-token:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git HEAD"
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

[alexandre97costa]

As the owner said, you need to commit and push the file. If you're not comfortable with running git commands, this action will do it for you:

name: Overwrite file

on:
  push:
    branches: [ main ]
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        
      - name: Overwrite ip.js
        uses: "DamianReeves/[email protected]"
        with:
          path: path/to/file.js
          write-mode: overwrite
          contents: |
            some content you want to change
            
      - name: Commit & Push
        uses: Andro999b/[email protected]
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          branch: main
          force: true
          message: 'Overwritten by Github Actions - ${date}'