[SOLVED] Automatically pull from remote using GitHub Actions

Issue

I have a private repository on GitHub and my goal is that whenever there is a new commit, the repository us updated on the VPS.

The issue with this is that the repository is private and requires authentication. I tried settings my username and password in the global git config but even after doing that it still requires authentication.

Solution

Figured out the solution on my own. The issue with the various things I was doing was as follows. I was trying to do something along the lines of git pull https://${{ secrets.TOKEN }}@github.com/repo

The solution was putting the entire command git pull https://[email protected]/repo as a secret and then running the script: ${{ secrets.SCRIPT }} via SSH.

My action at the end of this:

name: Remote SSH
on: [push]
jobs:

  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: executing remote ssh commands using password
      uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
      with:
        host: ${{ secrets.IP }}
        username: ${{ secrets.USER }}
        password: ${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY }}
        port: ${{ secrets.PORT }}
        script: |
          cd Repository
          ${{ secrets.SCRIPT}}
          pm2 restart 0

Answered By - factor