nixpkgs/.github/workflows/mirror-nixpkgs.yml

name: Mirror Nixpkgs Branches

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "17 13 * * 2"
  workflow_dispatch:

permissions:
  contents: write

jobs:
  mirror:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Mirror upstream branches
        env:
          NIX_BRANCH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NIX_BRANCH_TOKEN }}
          TARGET_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
          : "${NIX_BRANCH_TOKEN:?Set the NIX_BRANCH_TOKEN repository secret.}"

          for branch in nixos-26.05 nixos-unstable; do
            archive="$(mktemp)"
            checkout="$(mktemp -d)"

            curl --fail --location --retry 3 \
              "https://codeload.github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tar.gz/refs/heads/$branch" \
              --output "$archive"
            tar --extract --gzip --file "$archive" --strip-components=1 --directory "$checkout"

            git -C "$checkout" init
            git -C "$checkout" config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
            git -C "$checkout" config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
            git -C "$checkout" add --all
            git -C "$checkout" commit --message "Snapshot of NixOS/nixpkgs $branch"
            git -C "$checkout" remote add target \
              "https://x-access-token:${NIX_BRANCH_TOKEN}@github.com/${TARGET_REPOSITORY}.git"
            git -C "$checkout" push --force target "HEAD:refs/heads/$branch"

          done