stairwaytowonderland/Repository Create

Creates a GitHub organization repository with overrideable pre-defined settings and branch rulesets.

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Inputs

name	description	required	default
github-token	GitHub token with repo and admin:org scopes. Use a Personal Access Token or a GitHub App installation token. Note: the default GITHUB_TOKEN does not have admin:org scope and cannot create organization repositories — supply a token with the required scopes.	—	${{ github.token }}
org	Target GitHub organization.	yes	—
name	Repository name to create.	yes	—
repo-config	Path to a JSON settings/rulesets override file, relative to the workspace root (GITHUB_WORKSPACE). Omit to use built-in defaults.	no	""
template-owner	Owner of the template repository. Requires template-repo to also be set. Takes precedence over any template configured in repo-config.	no	""
template-repo	Name of the template repository. Requires template-owner to also be set. The template repository must have "Template repository" enabled in its settings.	no	""
visibility	Repository visibility. One of: private, internal, public. 'internal' requires GitHub Enterprise Cloud (GHEC). Overrides the value in repo-config if set.	no	public
include-all-branches	When creating from a template, copy all branches instead of only the default branch.	no	false
job-summary	Write a job summary to the GitHub Actions step summary.	no	true
create-from-template-retry-delay	Time in milliseconds to wait before retrying repository creation if a template is being used and the API returns a 422 error indicating the template is still being processed. Default: 3000 (3 seconds).	no	3000
create-from-template-max-retries	Maximum number of retries if a template is being used and the API returns a 422 error indicating the template is still being processed. Default: 10.	no	10
replace-git-protocol-links	Optional flag to also replace Git protocol links (e.g. git://) in the README.	no	""
create-labels	Optional flag to create a default set of issue labels in the new repository.	no	""
create-issues	Optional flag to create a default issue in the new repository.	no	""

Outputs

name	description
repo-id	Numeric ID of the created repository.
repo-url	HTML URL of the created repository (e.g. https://github.com/org/repo).
repo-full-name	Full name of the created repository (e.g. org/repo).
repo-name	Name of the created repository (e.g. repo).
repo-owner-id	Numeric ID of the repository owner (e.g. organization or user ID).
repo-owner-name	Name of the repository owner (e.g. organization or user name).
repo-owner-url	URL of the repository owner (e.g. https://github.com/org).