Replace a string on commit using a github action
2 min read | by Jordi Prats
Using a github action we can make it search for a given string an replace it for another when we commit the data. It can be useful to fix common mistakes
The GitHub action would look like this:
name: find&replace strings on: push: branches: - master jobs: release: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - name: Checkout uses: actions/checkout@v2 with: fetch-depth: 0 - name: Find and Replace uses: jacobtomlinson/gha-find-replace@master with: find: "Comunitat Autònoma de Catalunya" replace: "República de Catalunya" - name: Push changes uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v7 with: message: 'fix str' It is configured to trigger for each commit we push to the master branch:
on: push: branches: - master It will checkout the repo, replace the strings and commit the changes back to the repo:
steps: - name: Checkout uses: actions/checkout@v2 with: fetch-depth: 0 - name: Find and Replace uses: jacobtomlinson/gha-find-replace@master with: find: "Comunitat Autònoma de Catalunya" replace: "República de Catalunya" - name: Push changes uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v7 with: message: 'fix str' Bear in mind that we shouldn't use this approach for secrets, since it will create a new commit with the change.
Posted on 01/10/2021