From 42eb6f026f180bfe84f37612b399c3e8b7e03f3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: alifeee Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 17:41:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Delete notes/uploading files to a GitHub repository with a bash script.md --- ... a GitHub repository with a bash script.md | 42 ------------------- 1 file changed, 42 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 notes/uploading files to a GitHub repository with a bash script.md diff --git a/notes/uploading files to a GitHub repository with a bash script.md b/notes/uploading files to a GitHub repository with a bash script.md deleted file mode 100644 index c6b4ba7..0000000 --- a/notes/uploading files to a GitHub repository with a bash script.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,42 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: uploading files to a GitHub repository with a bash script -date: 2025-02-02 -tags: -- obsidian -- github -- scripting ---- -I write these notes in Obsidian. To upload, them, I *could* visit , click "add file", and copy and paste the file contents. I probably *should* do that. - -But, instead, I wrote a shell script to upload them. Now, I can press "CTRL+P" to open the Obsidian command pallette, type "lint" (to [lint the note](https://blog.alifeee.co.uk/notes/linting-markdown-from-inside-obsidian/)), then open it again and type "upload" and upload the note. At this point, I *could* walk away and assume everything went fine, but what I normally do is open the [GitHub Actions tab](https://github.com/alifeee/blog/actions) to check that it worked properly. - -The process the script undertakes is: - -1. check user inputs are good (all variables exist, file is declared) -2. check if file exists or not already in GitHub with a `curl` request -3. generate a JSON payload for the upload request, including: - 1. commit message - 2. commit author & email - 3. file contents as a base64 encoded string - 4. (if file exists already) sha1 hash of existing file -4. make a `curl` request to upload/update the file! - -As I use it from inside Obsidian, I use an extension called [Obsidian shellcommands](https://github.com/Taitava/obsidian-shellcommands), which lets you specify several commands. For this, I specify: - -```bash -export org="alifeee" -export repo="blog" -export fpath="notes/" -export git_name="alifeee" -export git_email="alifeee@alifeee.net" -export GITHUB_TOKEN="github_pat_3890qwug8f989wu89gu98w43ujg98j8wjgj4wjg9j83wjq9gfj38w90jg903wj" -{{vault_path}}/scripts/upload_to_github.sh {{file_path:absolute}} -``` - -…and when run with a file open, it will upload/update that file to my notes folder on GitHub. - -This is maybe a strange way of doing it, as the "source of truth" is now "my Obsidian", and the GitHub is really just a place for the files to live. However, I enjoy it. - -I've made the script quite generic as you have to supply most information via environment variables. You can use it to upload an arbitrary file to a specific folder in a specific GitHub repository. Or… you can modify it and do what you want with it! - -It's here: