action-patch-upstream

Checkout the ref (or latest) upstream version and apply one or more patch files

Inputs

Required

• upstream_repo: The upstream repo we want to checkout and patch
• local_patch_dir: Directory of the patch files, must end with .patch

Optional

• upstream_ref: The upstream ref, can be: branch, tag, sha, if not provided last semver tag will be grabbed automatically.
• upstream_tag_regex: Regex to use while checking the last upstream versions.
• upstream_remove_files: Line separated list of files to remove from upstream repository.
• upstream_copy: Line separated pair of source directory from upstream repository and destinations. The fields are passed as is to the cp command.

Outputs

• latest: True/False if we used the last tag from upstream or not

• tag: Upstream tag ref checked out and patched

Caveats

• The action will always checkout the upstream repo under upstream directory.

Example workflow

Patch files from upstream repository

jobs:
  build:
    steps:
    - uses: draios/[email protected]
      with:
        upstream_repo: sysdiglabs/charts
        local_patch_dir: tests/sysdiglabs/charts
        upstream_ref: master

Patch files from upstream repository and remove some not needed files

jobs:
  build:
    steps:
    - uses: draios/[email protected]
      with:
        upstream_repo: sysdiglabs/charts
        local_patch_dir: tests/sysdiglabs/charts
        upstream_ref: master
        upstream_remove_files: |
          scripts/cluster-scanner/README.md
          scripts/cluster-scanner/generate_kubeconfig.sh

Patch files from upstream repository and copy files to custom locations

jobs:
  build:
    steps:
    - uses: draios/[email protected]
      with:
        upstream_repo: sysdiglabs/charts
        local_patch_dir: tests/sysdiglabs/charts
        upstream_ref: master
        upstream_copy: |
          scripts/cluster-scanner/* k8s/