🛠️ Prepare Deployment File Action

Automatically process your Docker Compose or Stack deployment files by substituting placeholders with values from GitHub Action inputs, environment variables, and secrets. 🚀

✨ Features

📄 Flexible file processing: Supports Docker Compose and Stack files.
🔄 Dynamic substitutions: Replace placeholders with inputs, environment variables, and secrets.
📋 Detailed debug logs: Clearly see each substitution step for easy troubleshooting.
📦 Outputs processed file: Ready-to-use deployment file for seamless deployments.

📥 Inputs

Input	Description	Required
`compose_file`	Deployment file to process (e.g., `docker-compose.yml`)	✅ Yes
`stack_name`	Stack name to substitute in deployment file	✅ Yes
`org_name`	Organization name to substitute in deployment file	✅ Yes
`repo_name`	Repository name to substitute in deployment file	✅ Yes
`git_sha`	Git short SHA to substitute in deployment file	✅ Yes

📤 Outputs

Output	Description	Example
`processed_file`	Path to the processed deployment file	`docker-compose.processed.yml`

🛠️ Example Usage

Here's how you can integrate this action into your workflow:

- name: Prepare Deployment File 🛠️
  id: prepare-deploy
  uses: your-org/prepare-deployment-file@main
  with:
    compose_file: docker-compose.yml
    stack_name: my-awesome-stack
    org_name: my-org
    repo_name: my-repo
    git_sha: ${{ github.sha }}

- name: Deploy 🚀
  run: |
    echo "Deploying using processed file: ${{ steps.prepare-deploy.outputs.processed_file }}"

🧑‍💻 How It Works

This action performs the following steps:

Step	Description
📄	Copies your original deployment file to a new processed file
🔄	Substitutes placeholders with values from `.env` file (if present)
🔄	Substitutes placeholders with GitHub Action inputs (`stack_name`, `org_name`, `repo_name`, `git_sha`)
🔄	Substitutes placeholders with environment variables and secrets available in GitHub Actions
📋	Provides detailed debug logs of each substitution step
📦	Outputs the path to the processed deployment file

📖 Debugging & Logs

Detailed debug logs are provided at every substitution step, making troubleshooting easy:

DEBUG: Processing deployment file: docker-compose.yml
DEBUG: Found .env file. Substituting variables from .env.
DEBUG: Replacing ${MY_ENV_VAR} with value from .env
DEBUG: Replacing ${STACK_NAME} with GitHub Action input value 'my-stack'
...
DEBUG: Final processed deployment file path:
docker-compose.processed.yml

⚠️ Requirements

Your deployment file should contain placeholders in the format ${PLACEHOLDER_NAME}.
Optional .env file at the repository root for additional substitutions.

📜 License

This action is open-source software licensed under the MIT license.

Happy deploying! 🎉

— Grand