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Easy GitHub workflow for keeping a fork in sync with upstream

Sync Fork

This workflow uses the GitHub CLI to keep a forked repo in sync with the upstream repo. Add it to your repo as .github/workflows/sync-fork.yaml.

It runs daily to sync the default branch and can be triggered manually for any branch.

name: sync-fork
on:
schedule:
- cron: '0 0 * * *'
workflow_dispatch: { }
jobs:
sync:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
permissions:
contents: write
steps:
- run: gh repo sync $REPOSITORY -b $BRANCH_NAME
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
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