gh-sync.js

const axios = require('axios');
const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');
const dotenv = require('dotenv');
dotenv.config();

const repoOwner = 'victoriaplummer';
const repoName = 'examples-host';
const folderPath = './copies';
const destinationFolderPath = 'public/examples';

async function updateRepo() {
  try {
    // Read the contents of the local folder
    const folderContents = fs.readdirSync(folderPath);

    // Authenticate with GitHub (you might need to generate a personal access token)
    const authToken = process.env.GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN;
    const headers = {
      Authorization: `token ${authToken}`,
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    };

    // Get the latest commit SHA of the main branch
    const commitResponse = await axios.get(`https://api.github.com/repos/${repoOwner}/${repoName}/commits/main`, {
      headers: headers,
    });
    const latestCommitSHA = commitResponse.data.sha;

    // Create a new tree with the updated files
    const treeData = {
      base_tree: latestCommitSHA,
      tree: folderContents.map((filename) => ({
        path: path.join(destinationFolderPath, filename), // Set the destination folder path
        mode: '100644',
        type: 'blob',
        content: fs.readFileSync(path.join(folderPath, filename), 'utf-8'),
      })),
    };

    // Create a new tree with the updated files
    const treeResult = await axios.post(`https://api.github.com/repos/${repoOwner}/${repoName}/git/trees`, treeData, {
      headers: headers,
    });

    // Create a new commit with the updated tree
    const newCommitData = {
      message: 'Updated folder contents',
      parents: [latestCommitSHA],
      tree: treeResult.data.sha,
    };

    const newCommitResult = await axios.post(`https://api.github.com/repos/${repoOwner}/${repoName}/git/commits`, newCommitData, {
      headers: headers,
    });

    // Update the main branch to point to the new commit
    const updateRefResponse = await axios.patch(`https://api.github.com/repos/${repoOwner}/${repoName}/git/refs/heads/main`, {
      sha: newCommitResult.data.sha,
    }, {
      headers: headers,
    });

    if (updateRefResponse.status === 200) {
      console.log('Folder contents updated successfully.');
    } else {
      console.error('Failed to update folder contents:', updateRefResponse.statusText);
    }
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('An error occurred:', error);
  }
}

updateRepo();