Docker image for deploying a directory to a GitHub branch.

This Dockerimage can be used for deploying local files, which haven't been git versioned yet, into an existing git branch. While merging with the existing git branch the local changes will be given precedence.

To run a simple deploy into the master branch the following command can be used.

docker run --rm -e ACCESS_TOKEN=<GITHUB TOKEN> -e REPO=<username>/<reponame> -v $(pwd):/var/data fvalka/github-deploy:latest

The folder which should be deployed has to be mounted into /var/data or into the current WORKDIR if the WORKDIR is overwritten.

During the deployment the local folder will not be changed. The files will be copied into the Docker container. Therefore depending on your deployment into memory which might be a limitation with very large files.

Those are the settings supported by the Docker image:

• mandatory: ACCESS_TOKEN for setting the GitHub access token, can be any type of token with the right permissions
• mandatory: REPO the repository which the deployment should push to. In the format: githubUser/repo
• optional: BRANCH the branch to be deployed into. Defaults to master
• optional: GIT_USER the git username to use for the commit
• optional: GIT_EMAIL the git email address to use for the commit