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String Replace | Find and Replace Action

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This action will find and replace strings in your project files.

Usage

Example workflow

This example replaces hello with world in all of your project files.

name: My Workflow
on: [push, pull_request]
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@master
    - name: Find and Replace
      uses: shitiomatic/str-replace@master
      with:
        find: "hello"
        replace: "world"

Inputs

Input Description
find A string to find and replace in your project files. (This can be a regular expression)
replace The string to replace it with.
include (optional) A regular expression of files to include. Defaults to .*.
exclude (optional) A regular expression of files to exclude. Defaults to .git/.

Outputs

Output Description
modifiedFiles The number of files that have been modified

Examples

Including a subdirectory

You can limit your find and replace to a directory.

name: My Workflow
on: [push, pull_request]
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@master
    - name: Find and Replace
      uses: shitiomatic/str-replace@master
      with:
        find: "hello"
        replace: "world"
        include: "justthisdirectory/"

Filter by file name

You can limit your find and replace to just files with a specific name.

name: My Workflow
on: [push, pull_request]
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@master
    - name: Find and Replace
      uses: shitiomatic/str-replace@master
      with:
        find: "hello"
        replace: "world"
        include: "README.md"  # Will match all README.md files in any nested directory

Exclude by file type

You can set your find and replace to ignore certain file types.

name: My Workflow
on: [push, pull_request]
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@master
    - name: Find and Replace
      uses: shitiomatic/str-replace@master
      with:
        find: "hello"
        replace: "world"
        exclude: "*.py"  # Do not modify Python files

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