1name: "Merge"
2
3on:
4 workflow_call:
5 inputs:
6 from:
7 description: Branch to merge into target branch. Can also be two branches separated by space to find the merge base between them.
8 required: true
9 type: string
10 into:
11 description: Target branch to merge into.
12 required: true
13 type: string
14
15defaults:
16 run:
17 shell: bash
18
19jobs:
20 merge:
21 runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
22 steps:
23 # Use a GitHub App to create the PR so that CI gets triggered
24 # The App is scoped to Repository > Contents and Pull Requests: write for Nixpkgs
25 - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@df432ceedc7162793a195dd1713ff69aefc7379e # v2.0.6
26 id: app-token
27 with:
28 app-id: ${{ vars.NIXPKGS_CI_APP_ID }}
29 private-key: ${{ secrets.NIXPKGS_CI_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
30 permission-contents: write
31 permission-pull-requests: write
32
33 - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
34
35 - name: Find merge base between two branches
36 if: contains(inputs.from, ' ')
37 id: merge_base
38 env:
39 branches: ${{ inputs.from }}
40 run: |
41 # turn into bash array, split on space
42 read -ra branches <<< "$branches"
43 git fetch --shallow-since="1 month ago" origin "${branches[@]}"
44 merge_base="$(git merge-base "refs/remotes/origin/${branches[0]}" "refs/remotes/origin/${branches[1]}")"
45 echo "Found merge base: $merge_base" >&2
46 echo "merge_base=$merge_base" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
47
48 - name: ${{ inputs.from }} → ${{ inputs.into }}
49 uses: devmasx/merge-branch@854d3ac71ed1e9deb668e0074781b81fdd6e771f # 1.4.0
50 with:
51 type: now
52 from_branch: ${{ steps.merge_base.outputs.merge_base || inputs.from }}
53 target_branch: ${{ inputs.into }}
54 github_token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
55
56 - name: Comment on failure
57 uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@71345be0265236311c031f5c7866368bd1eff043 # v4.0.0
58 if: ${{ failure() }}
59 with:
60 issue-number: 105153
61 body: |
62 Periodic merge from `${{ inputs.from }}` into `${{ inputs.into }}` has [failed](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}).
63 token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}