Repository Management

Yet, another GitHub action that can be used to create a new repository.

Variables and outputs

Inputs

The action allows you to specify other information apart from the name and the account. The following is the list of parameters it can receive:

Name	Description	Type	Required	Default
account	Name or username of the account where the repository will be created	String	Yes	N/A
name	Name of the repository to be created	String	Yes	N/A
githubToken	The token created for the account or rganization with admin access to repositories only	String	Yes	N/A
description	Description of the repository	String	No
access	Whether the repository is private	Boolean	No	false
visibility	Whether the repository is "public" or "private"	String	No	"public"
issues	Whether the repository has issues enabled or not	Boolean	No	false

Outputs

Name	Description	Type
RepositoryURL	Contains the resulting URL of the created repository	String
RepositoryID	Contains the resulting ID reference of the created repository	String

Usage

The action is simple to use, just reference it in your YAML file and pass it the information you want, the action will take care of the rest.

name: "Your Friendly workflow name"
  ...<Your workflow launch config goes here>

jobs:
  ...<job config (if any)>

  create-repository:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Create a repository
    steps:
      - name: Setup NodeJS env
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 20
      - name: Create Repo (new workflow)
        uses: OneComputerGuy/create-repository@main
        id: createRepo
        with:
          account: "<YOUR ACCOUNT/ORG NAME>"
          name: "${{ github.event.inputs.repoName }}"
          visibility: "${{ github.event.inputs.repoType }}"
          githubToken: "${{ secrets.MY_SUPER_SECRET_TOKEN }}"
      - name: Show the URL of the new repository
        run: echo "The new repo is ${{ steps.createRepo.outputs.RepositoryURL }}"
      - name: Show the ID of the new repository
        run: echo "The new repo ID is ${{ steps.createRepo.outputs.RepositoryID }}"

  ...<job config (if any)>