Add a GitHub Actions secret to a repository

Encrypts the supplied value using libsodium and adds it as a secret to the given GitHub repository. Secrets can be be used in GitHub Action runs as environment variables. A common use case is to encrypt Personal Access Tokens (PAT) or API keys.

This is the same as adding a secret manually in GitHub via "Settings" -> "Secrets" -> "New repository secret"

Usage

gha_add_secret(
  secret,
  name,
  repo_slug = NULL,
  remote = "origin",
  visibility = "all",
  selected_repositories = NULL
)

Arguments

secret

[character]
The value which should be encrypted (e.g. a Personal Access Token).

name

[character]
The name of the secret as which it will appear in the "Secrets" overview of the repository.

repo_slug

[character]
Repository slug of the repository to which the secret should be added. Must follow the form owner/repo.

remote

[character]
If repo_slug = NULL, the repo_slug is determined by the respective git remote.

visibility

[character]
The level of visibility for the secret. One of "all", "private", or "selected". See https://developer.github.com/v3/actions/secrets/#create-or-update-an-organization-secret for more information.

selected_repositories

[character]
Vector of repository ids for which the secret is accessible. Only applies if visibility = "selected" was set.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
gha_add_secret("supersecret", name = "MY_SECRET", repo = "ropensci/tic")
}