Is it possible to auto-minify, then push to another branch?

[qwbarch]

I have a repository where main holds the latest commits, while I want my other branch called minified to hold the minified version of the main branch.
Would it be possible for auto-minify to do this in a github action?

[nizarmah]

Hello @qwbarch! Sorry for the late reply!

Yes, it's possible to push the minified files to the minified branch.

Before I share the code on how to do it, I'll share the logic behind it.

There are three main steps for using this action:

1. Checking out the files from a specific repository and branch
2. Running the auto-minify action
3. Committing the files to a specific repository and branch

Those three steps are broken into the following segments, in the code:

steps:
  # Checking out the files from a specific repository and branch
  - uses: actions/checkout@v2

  # Running the `auto-minify` action
  - name: Auto Minify
    uses: nizarmah/[email protected]

  # Committing the files to a specific repository and branch 
  - name: Auto committing minified files
    uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
    with:
      commit_message: "Github Action: Auto Minified JS and CSS files"
      branch: "minified"  # <--- change this line to your branch name or use "${{ github.ref }}" for default branch