repo_variable.yml

name: 📥 Assign repo var

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      variable_name:
        description: "Variable name"
        type: string
        required: true
      varibale_value:
        description: "Value the to assign to the variable"
        type: string
        required: true
      repo_list:
        description: "Repo names as comma seperated strings"
        type: string
        required: true
      overwrite:
        description: "Overwrite repo variable"
        type: boolean
        required: false
        default: false

env:
  GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_CTRL_TOKEN }}

jobs:
  variable-present:
    if: ${{ !inputs.overwrite }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Assign new variable if not present
        run: |
          IFS=', ' read -r -a repos <<< "${{ inputs.repo_list }}"
          variable_name=$(echo "${{ inputs.variable_name }}" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')

          for repo in "${repos[@]}"; do
            repo=$(echo "$repo" | xargs)

            echo "repo: ynput/$repo"
            echo "$(gh repo view "ynput/$repo")"

            if ! gh repo view "ynput/$repo" &>/dev/null; then
              echo "::warning::Repository $repo was not found."
              continue
            fi

            if gh variable get "$variable_name" --repo "ynput/$repo" &>/dev/null; then
              echo "::warning::Variable '$variable_name' already exists in repository $repo."
              continue
            fi

            gh variable set "$variable_name" --repo "ynput/$repo" --body "${{ inputs.varibale_value }}"
            echo "::notice::Variable '$variable_name' set in repository $repo."

          done

  variable-overwite:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: ${{ inputs.overwrite }}

    steps:
      - name: Assign new variable even if already present
        run: |
          IFS=', ' read -r -a repos <<< "${{ inputs.repo_list }}"
          variable_name=$(echo "${{ inputs.variable_name }}" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')

          for repo in "${repos[@]}"; do
            repo=$(echo "$repo" | xargs)

            if ! gh repo view "ynput/$repo" &>/dev/null; then
              echo "::warning::Repository $repo was not found."
              continue
            fi

            gh variable set "$variable_name" --repo "ynput/$repo" --body "${{ inputs.varibale_value }}"

          done