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Push and Update Files in GitHub

Original n8n title: Push and Update Files in Github (github)

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This workflow performs various Git operations. It starts with a manual trigger, sets the local repository path, decodes a file and then updates a file's content, adds, commits, and pushes changes to a GitHub repository, and finally pulls changes.

Event trigger★★★★☆ complexity13 nodesGitHubExecute CommandGit
DevOps Trigger: Event Nodes: 13 Complexity: ★★★★☆ Added:

This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #1942 — we link there as the canonical source.

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About this workflow

    
This workflow performs various Git operations. It starts with a manual trigger, sets the local repository path, decodes a file and then updates a file's content, adds, commits, and pushes changes to a GitHub repository, and finally pulls changes.

    
Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/1942/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

    
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