GitHub Actions: Commit and Push Changes Back to Repository

GitHub Actions are great at enabling you to automate workflows directly from within a GitHub repository. The workflows are stored in a YAML definition file located within the .github/workflows directory within the repository. GitHub Actions can be used to configure workflows that can perform a variety of actions to perform build and release steps. On rare occasions, it might be necessary to have the workflow make file changes that are then committed back to the GitHub repository itself. Luckily, GitHub Actions support the use of Git CLI commands within the workflow. This article walks through the steps to configure a GitHub Actions workflow that can commit file changes made in a workflow action back to the GitHub repository the workflow is a part of.

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