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60 lines
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# Chart releaser action
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A GitHub action to turn a GitHub project into a self-hosted Helm chart repo, using [helm/chart-releaser](https://github.com/helm/chart-releaser) CLI tool.
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## Usage
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### Pre-requisites
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1. A GitHub repo containing a directory with your Helm charts (eg: `/charts`)
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1. A GitHub project [Secret](https://help.github.com/en/actions/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/creating-and-using-encrypted-secrets#creating-encrypted-secrets) named `CR_TOKEN` with the value of a GitHub [personal access token](https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line#creating-a-token)
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* The token must have `repo` scope
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* The token's user must have write access to the project
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* To mitigate risk you may wish to limit the token to a single project by creating a [machine user](https://developer.github.com/v3/guides/managing-deploy-keys/#machine-users)
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* Please note the personal access token is required because of an [Actions bug](https://github.community/t5/GitHub-Actions/Github-action-not-triggering-gh-pages-upon-push/m-p/31266/highlight/true#M743), and will hopefully be unnecessary in the future
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1. Create a workflow `.yml` file in your `.github/workflows` directory. An [example workflow](#example-workflow) is available below. For more information, reference the GitHub Help Documentation for [Creating a workflow file](https://help.github.com/en/articles/configuring-a-workflow#creating-a-workflow-file)
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### Inputs
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For more information on inputs, see the [API Documentation](https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/releases/#input)
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- `charts-dir`: The charts directory
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- `charts-repo-url`: The GitHub Pages URL to the charts repo (default: `https://<owner>.github.io/<project>`)
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- `token`: The GitHub token
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### Example workflow
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Create a workflow (eg: `.github/workflows/release.yml`. replace `<owner>` and `<project>` with your GitHub project's owner and project name):
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```yaml
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name: Release Charts
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on:
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push:
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branches:
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- master
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jobs:
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release:
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runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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steps:
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- name: Checkout
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uses: actions/checkout@v1
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- name: Configure Git
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git config user.name "GitHub Actions"
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git config user.email noreply@github.com
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- name: Run chart-releaser
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uses: helm/chart-releaser-action@master
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env:
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CR_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.CR_TOKEN }}"
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```
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This uses [@helm/chart-releaser-action](https://www.github.com/helm/chart-releaser-action) to turn your GitHub project into a self-hosted Helm chart repo. It does this – during every push to `master` – by checking each chart in your project, and whenever there's a new chart version, creates a corresponding [GitHub release](https://help.github.com/en/github/administering-a-repository/about-releases) named for the chart version, adds Helm chart artifacts to the release, and creates or updates an `index.yaml` file with metadata about those releases, which is then hosted on GitHub Pages
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## Code of conduct
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Participation in the Helm community is governed by the [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
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