template-snap

An attempt to build a pi completely from gh

workflows

main.yaml

Used to build local:

- `snap/`
- `src/`

into the final snapcraft.

Obtain value for secrets.SNAPCRAFT_TOKEN

Reference: Snapcraft CMD Login

On a local machine

This action workflow will log you in to the Snap Store. For this to work, you need an Ubuntu One account.

Install snapcraft

snap install snapcraft --classic

You will also need a Snap Store login token. To obtain one, run the following command on your machine:

snapcraft export-login <some-credentials-filename>
cat <some-credentials-filename>

Copy the output from above code-snippet (jwt-like token) and add this to the repository's secrets variable SNAPCRAFT_TOKEN.

seek_remote_dispatch.yaml

Obtain value for secrets.PAT

NOTE: this is ONLY required if this repository is needing to obtain content from a third-party repository.

Goto: Create New Personal Access Token and set the below requirements to create a PAT.

Repository Access

• Only select repositories
  • select the specific repository you are working with.

Permissions

• Repository permissions:
  • Contents: r+w
    • yields: mandatory: Read access to metadata

Set the following Repository Variables:

Execute in terminal for fast-link:

echo "${$(git config --get remote.origin.url)//'.git'/}/settings/variables/actions/new"

• Name: ${{ vars.* }} current repo variable name

  • Value: description of value for said variable name

• GH_REMOTE_OWNER_ORG

  • the owner or organization the remote repo you'd like to watch

• GH_REMOTE_REPOSITORY

  • the name of the remote repo you'd like to watch

• USE_GH_RELEASE, default = false
  • informs the dispatcher and cacher steps to use github's assets/release files instead of another defined source.

Example

https://github.com/jasonkolodziej/template-snap.git

GH_REMOTE_OWNER_ORG=jasonkolodziej
GH_REMOTE_REPOSITORY=template-snap

#? the following URL is templated as
"https://github.com/${GH_REMOTE_OWNER_ORG}/${GH_REMOTE_REPOSITORY}.git"

# <github actions manifest ...>
          OWNER: ${{ vars.GH_REMOTE_OWNER_ORG }}
          REPOSITORY: ${{ vars.GH_REMOTE_REPOSITORY }}
          USE_GH_RELEASE: ${{ vars.USE_REMOTE_GH_RELEASE_FILES }} #? default=false
# <github actions manifest ...>