864Pulling a GitHub Repository with Tokens & Webhooks

Here is how to sync a Wordpress Theme from Github to your own server:

Create a Personal Access Token on GitHub


Webhook on GitHub:
https://www.trembl.org/update.php


Webhook on GitHub for .htaccess protected directory:
https://username:passwd@www.trembl.org/update.php


initialise:
cd $temp_dir git init // initialize git git pull https://{$token}@github.com/{$repo}


update.php:
<?php

// path to local tmp directory $temp_dir = '/my/local/tmp/directory/';

// path to local theme directory $theme_dir = "/my/local/theme/directory/";

// access token from GitHub $token = 'abcdefghijk';

// Repo $repo = 'github.com/trembl/SuperNiceRepo.git';

// - - - - -

// change to local git directory chdir($temp_dir);

// resets local git echo exec('git reset --hard 2>&1') . ", ";

// get latest from github echo exec("git pull https://$token@$repo 2>&1");

// delete theme dir echo "\n\nDeleting Theme Directory.\n"; echo exec("rm -rf $theme_dir"); // deletes all files within the directory

// Copying Theme from $temp_dir to $theme_dir echo "\n\nCopying Theme from tmp folder to wp-content.\n";

echo exec("cp -a $temp_dir/* $theme_dir");

// cp -a $temp_dir/* copies everything except invisible files, like .git

?>

update.php protected by .htaccess? 860 Access a URL behind htaccess/htpasswd
Protect update.php ONLY with .htaccess? 940 Protecting a Single File with .htaccess




Q & A



I get the following error message: Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set). That means git is not initalized. Run git init