Create sync.yaml

Author: zkoppert

.github/workflows/sync.yaml

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+name: 'Upstream Sync'
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron:  '0 21 * * 1-6'
+
+  workflow_dispatch:  # click the button on Github repo!
+
+jobs:
+  sync_latest_from_upstream:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Sync latest commits from upstream repo
+
+    steps:
+    # REQUIRED step
+    # Step 1: run a standard checkout action, provided by github
+    - name: Checkout target repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        ref: master
+
+    # REQUIRED step
+    # Step 2: run the sync action
+    - name: Sync upstream changes
+      id: sync
+      uses: aormsby/[email protected]
+      with:
+        target_sync_branch: master
+        # REQUIRED 'target_repo_token' exactly like this!
+        target_repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        upstream_sync_branch: master
+        upstream_sync_repo: clearlydefined/curated-data
+      
+    # Step 3: Display a sample message based on the sync output var 'has_new_commits'
+    - name: New commits found
+      if: steps.sync.outputs.has_new_commits == 'true'
+      run: echo "New commits were found to sync."
+    
+    - name: No new commits
+      if: steps.sync.outputs.has_new_commits == 'false'
+      run: echo "There were no new commits."
+      
+    - name: Show value of 'has_new_commits'
+      run: echo ${{ steps.sync.outputs.has_new_commits }}