AppCat Cross Repo Boilerplate Code

This repo contains boilerplate code that needs to be present in every repository.

It uses Cruft and Cookiecutter to sync the files between the repositories.

Add the update cronjob to a repository

If you have a repository that doesn't yet have the template in it:

# Change one level higher in the project you want to add the template
cd ..
cruft create https://github.com/vshn/appcat-cookiecutter -f
# be sure to match the folder name for the `app_name`
# also, the `app_name` and folder name have to match the github project name

Add the Personal Access Token to the repository

1. Login to Github with the VSHN Bot account
2. Go to Settings -> Developer Settings -> Personal Access Tokens -> Fine-grained Tokens
3. Name: AppCat + App Name
4. Expiration: 10 Years
5. Select the Component Repository and the App Repository
6. Permissions: Contents: read/write Pull requests: read/write Workflows: read/write
7. Add the token as COMPONENT_ACCESS_TOKEN to the App's repository secret