run_github_pipeline.sh

_run_github_pipeline.md

Running Github Workflows from bash

prerequisites

a working pipeline configured using Github acdtions

installation of gh command :

https://cli.github.com/manual/installation

and likely

https://github.com/cli/cli/blob/trunk/docs/install_linux.md

if your a linux person, like me

env.example

GITHUB_REPO=< repo url from github [Code] HTTPS ... but without 'https://' at the beginning >
GITHUB_TOKEN=< github token from Github 'user' settings, developer settings, Personal access tokens - create a token with code, workspace and org >
GITHUB_USER=< your github user account name >
CLONE_REPO_DIR=< path to the directory into which the repo will be copied / cloned >
GITHUB_WORKFLOW=< the file name of the github workflow file you want to be run - see the .github/workflows directory at the root of your repo >

run_github_pipeline.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

. .env

echo "cloning repo [${GITHUB_REPO}] with pipeline that we want to run ..."

[ -d $CLONE_REPO_DIR ] && echo "ERROR : the directory [${CLONE_REPO_DIR}] already exists, exiting ..." && exit 1

git clone "https://${GITHUB_USER}:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@${GITHUB_REPO}" $CLONE_REPO_DIR

cd ${CLONE_REPO_DIR}

echo "attemptiong to log in to a gitbub account ..."

echo $GITHUB_TOKEN | gh auth login --with-token

echo "attemptingt to run the pipeline for [${GITHUB_REPO}] ..."

gh workflow run ${GITHUB_WORKFLOW}

cd -

rm -rf ${CLONE_REPO_DIR}