Sync 2 branches with some Exclusions paths

sync_with_exclusions.yml

name: Sync Branches with Exclusions

on:
  workflow_dispatch: # Trigger the workflow manually
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  sync-branches:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    # Step 1: Check out the repository
    - name: Check out repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v3
      with:
        fetch-depth: 0 # Fetch all history for all branches
        token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}

    # Step 2: Configure Git
    - name: Configure Git
      run: |
        git config user.name "GitHub Action"
        git config user.email "[email protected]"

    # Step 3: Check out the target branch
    - name: Check out mobile
      run: git checkout mobile || git checkout -b mobile

    # Step 4: Sync with branch2 while excluding paths
    - name: Sync with branch2 (Exclude paths)
      run: |
        # Pull branch2 into branch1
        git fetch origin main
        git merge origin/main --no-commit || true

        # Remove excluded paths
        git rm -r --cached .obsidian/plugins/ || true
        rm -rf .obsidian/plugins/

        # Commit the changes
        git commit -m "Synced mobile with main, excluding specific paths" || echo "No changes to commit"

    # Step 5: Push changes
    - name: Push changes to mobile
      run: git push origin mobile