🚀 GitHub Action: Remote Fetch & Pull

This GitHub Action allows you to securely fetch and pull the latest changes from a remote Git repository via SSH.
It also supports executing custom commands before and after the update process.

Features

• ✅ Secure SSH connection using a private key
• ✅ Git fetch & pull to update the repository
• ✅ Custom pre/post commands for additional automation
• ✅ Easy integration into any workflow

🛠 Simple example

To use this action in your workflow, add the following to your .github/workflows/deploy.yml:

on:
  push:
    branches: [ "deploy" ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ "deploy" ]
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Update remote repo
        uses: yacenturion/ssh-fetch-pull@v1
        with:
          HOST: "8.10.17.10"
          USERNAME: "root"
          SSH_KEY: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
          DEST_PATH: "/srv/myproject"
          RUN_BEFORE: "echo 'Starting deployment...'"
          RUN_AFTER: "systemctl restart nginx; ls -la"

⚙️ All Inputs

Name	Description	Required
HOST	Target server hostname or IP address.	✅ Yes
USERNAME	SSH username for authentication.	✅ Yes
SSH_KEY	Private SSH key for secure connection (use GitHub Secrets).	✅ Yes
DEST_PATH	Absolute path to the Git repository on the server.	✅ Yes
RUN_BEFORE	Optional bash commands to execute before git pull.	❌ No
RUN_AFTER	Optional bash commands to execute after git pull.	❌ No