Merge pull request #8 from solenova-tech/fixing-the-make-shift

Fixing the make shift solution caused by actions/checkout

README.md

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ jobs:
       with:
         target-branch: 'staging' # replace this name with your testing branch
         token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # Read below on how to get this
-
 ```
 
 This action requires a personal access token (PAT) with appropriate permissions to perform the merge operation. Make sure you provide the token input with a valid GitHub Personal Access Token. Create a PAT with the REPO permission using the following steps:
@@ -56,6 +55,16 @@ This action requires a personal access token (PAT) with appropriate permissions
 - Click on the "Add secret" button to save the secret.
 **Note that, PAT grants significant access to your GitHub account, so treat them like passwords and keep them secure.**
 
+### Using actions/checkout
+
+If your pre-existing yml file (that your including this action to) is already using checkout, please use it with `persist-credentials` and set the value to `false`
+
+```YML
+- name: checkout code
+   uses: actions/checkout@v3
+   with:
+       persist-credentials: false
+```
 ## Inputs
 
 `target-branch` (optional): The branch in which you want to merge the pull request. Defaults to 'alpha'.

action.yml

@@ -36,29 +36,18 @@ runs:
       run: |
         echo "DECLARING DEFAULT BRANCH"
         BRANCH=${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
-        # THIS IS DESPERATE MAKESHIFT SOLUTION, NEEDS TO BE FIXED!
-        # if ! git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        #   echo "INITIALIZING GIT REPO"
-        #   git init
-        #   echo "SETTING DEFAULT BRANCH"
-        #   git branch -m $BRANCH
-        # else
-        #   echo "REMOVING REMOTE ORIGIN FOR PRE EXISTING REPO"
-        #   git remote remove origin
-        # fi
-
-        if git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-          echo "REMOVING ACTIVE REPO"
-          echo "SORRY, FOR DOING THIS THE HARD WAY"
-          echo "IF YOU CAN SOLVE THIS FOR EVERYONE, PLEASE DO"
-          rm -r ./* .[!.]*
+        if ! git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+          echo "INITIALIZING GIT REPO"
+          git init
+          echo "SETTING DEFAULT BRANCH"
+          git branch -m $BRANCH
+          echo "SETTING UP GIT REMOTE ORIGIN"
+          git remote add origin https://${{ github.repository_owner }}:${{ env.GITHUB_PAT }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git
+        else
+          echo "UPDATING REMOTE ORIGIN FOR PRE EXISTING REPO"
+          git config --unset http.https://github.com/.extraheader
+          git remote set-url origin https://${{ github.repository_owner }}:${{ env.GITHUB_PAT }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git
         fi
-        echo "INITIALIZING GIT REPO"
-        git init
-        echo "SETTING DEFAULT BRANCH"
-        git branch -m $BRANCH
-        echo "SETTING UP GIT REMOTE ORIGIN"
-        git remote add origin https://${{ github.repository_owner }}:${{ env.GITHUB_PAT }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git
         git fetch
         if ! git ls-remote --exit-code --heads origin ${{ env.TARGET_BRANCH }} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
           echo "CHECKING OUT \`$BRANCH\`"