Modify File Content

Replace text content and submit content

Here is the example: update time 2023-11-25 13:00:39

Here is the different delimiter example: different GAMFC_TABEL & GAMFC_TABEL-END (test)

Inputs

• token Your GITHUB_TOKEN. This is required. Why do we need token? Read more here: About the GITHUB_TOKEN secret. Default: ${{ github.token }}
• body what needs to be replaced
• path file to be replaced
• branch The branch where the files are committed. Default: ${{ github.ref_name }}
• ref The name of the commit/branch/tag. Default: the repository’s default branch (usually master)
• overwrite Overwrite the entire file content, by default false
• sync_local_file Sync local file content, by default true
• message The commit message. by default doc: update <file path>.
• committer_name The name of the author or committer of the commit. by default github-actions[bot]
• committer_email The email of the author or committer of the commit. by default github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
• openDelimiter Character to use for opening delimiter, by default "<!--GAMFC-->"
• closeDelimiter Character to use for closing delimiter, by default "<!--GAMFC-END-->"

Outputs

• content text file content

Example Usage

- name: Modify README.md
  uses: jaywcjlove/github-action-modify-file-content@main
  with:
    path: README.md

README.md file content

update time <!--GAMFC-->2023-11-25 13:00:39<!--GAMFC-END-->

Replace the content between <!--GAMFC-->2023-11-25 13:00:39<!--GAMFC-END-->.

format date

- name: Modify README.md
  uses: jaywcjlove/github-action-modify-file-content@main
  with:
    path: README.md
    body: "{{date:YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss}}"

overwrite file

- name: Modify README.md
  uses: jaywcjlove/github-action-modify-file-content@main
  with:
    path: README.md
    body: "overwrite file content {{date:YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss}}",
    overwrite: 'true'

specify branch changes

- name: Modify test test/overwrite.file.md
  uses: jaywcjlove/github-action-modify-file-content@main
  with:
    branch: test
    path: test/overwrite.file.md
    body: "{{date:YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss}}"
    overwrite: 'true'

See Also

• Github Release Changelog Generator A GitHub Action that compares the commit differences between two branches
• Create Tags From Auto create tags from commit or package.json.
• Github Action Contributors Github action generates dynamic image URL for contributor list to display it!
• Generated Badges Create a badge using GitHub Actions and GitHub Workflow CPU time (no 3rd parties servers)
• Create Coverage Badges Create coverage badges from coverage reports. (no 3rd parties servers)
• Github Action package Read and modify the contents of package.json.
• Github Action EJS A github action to render a ejs template using github context.
• Github Action Read File Content Read file contents. You can also get the file content in the branch.

License

Licensed under the MIT License.