Common GitHub Operations

Syncing a fork

Syncing a fork - GitHub Docs

Sync a fork of a repository to keep it up-to-date with the upstream repository.

https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/working-with-forks/syncing-a-fork

After the merge conflicts are resolved

git add .

# no (-m)!
git commit

Create a PR from a fork

Creating and deleting branches within your repository - GitHub Docs

You can create or delete branches directly on GitHub.

https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/creating-and-deleting-branches-within-your-repository

Fetch all origin branchs

git pull

Fetch a specific origin branch

git fetch origin <branch name>
git checkout <branch name>

GitHub Workflows

Detect front-end package manager

- name: Detect package manager
  id: detect-package-manager
  run: |
    if [ -f "${{ github.workspace }}/pnpm-lock.yaml" ]; then
        echo "manager=pnpm" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
        echo "command=install" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
        echo "runner=pnpm" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
        exit 0
    elif [ -f "${{ github.workspace }}/yarn.lock" ]; then
        echo "manager=yarn" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
        echo "command=install" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
        echo "runner=yarn" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
        exit 0
    elif [ -f "${{ github.workspace }}/package.json" ]; then
        echo "manager=npm" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
        echo "command=ci" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
        echo "runner=npx --no-install" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
        exit 0
    else
        echo "Unable to determine package manager"
        exit 1
    fi