Run GitHub workflow only when a commit creates a new file-CodePudding

I would like to make a GitHub workflow that runs some find-and-replace substitutions on new files that are committed to the repository.

I can't find where to start because I can't find a workflow trigger that seems to be able to detect when a new file is committed.

What set up could I use to run the substitutions?

CodePudding user response：

I would suggest you to use the dorny/paths-filter GitHub Actions to discover if a file is added in your PR, as example:

- uses: dorny/paths-filter@v2
      id: filter
      with:
        # Enable listing of files matching each filter.
        # Paths to files will be available in `${FILTER_NAME}_files` output variable.
        # Paths will be escaped and space-delimited.
        # Output is usable as command-line argument list in Linux shell
        list-files: shell

        # Changed file can be 'added', 'modified', or 'deleted'.
        # By default, the type of change is not considered.
        # Optionally, it's possible to specify it using nested
        # dictionary, where the type of change composes the key.
        # Multiple change types can be specified using `|` as the delimiter.
        filters: |
          added:
            - added: '**'

Then run step only in case of added

      - name: Do some stuff on added files
        if: steps.filter.outputs.added == 'true'
        run: |
          for file in ${{ steps.filter.outputs.added_files }}; do
          echo "${file} added"
          done

See the outputs section for further doc