Fork Syncer

What does it do?

For the logged-in GitHub user, syncs all forked repositories with the default branch of their upstream parent.

This is analogous to syncing the fork via the GitHub UI for all forked repositories:

Usage

Automated GitHub Action

Runs periodically.

1. Fork this repo
2. Create a new Personal Access Token (PAT) with the workflow scope
3. Add the PAT as a Repository Secret in the fork
   1. Settings
   2. Security and variables
   3. Actions
   4. New repository secret
      • Name = PAT
      • Secret = Your PAT
   5. Add secret
4. Enable workflow in forked repository
   1. Actions
   2. I understand my workflow, go ahead and enable them
5. Test workflow
   1. Actions
   2. Scheduled Fork Syncer
   3. Run workflow
   4. Run workflow
   5. Check output
      • For SAML authenticated repositories, additional one-time authorization will be required

Locally:

./fork-syncer.sh