Docker Hub Description

A GitHub action to update a Docker Hub repository description from README.md.

This is useful if you docker push your images to Docker Hub. It provides an easy, automated way to keep your Docker Hub repository description in sync with your GitHub repository README.md file.

Usage

    - name: Docker Hub Description
      uses: peter-evans/dockerhub-description@v1.0.1
      env:
        DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
        DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
        DOCKERHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_REPOSITORY }}

Required secrets

• DOCKERHUB_USERNAME - Docker Hub username
• DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD - Docker Hub password
• DOCKERHUB_REPOSITORY - The name of the Docker Hub repository to update. The action combines this with the username to locate the repository. i.e. username/repository

Note that DOCKERHUB_USERNAME and DOCKERHUB_REPOSITORY may also be environment variables if not considered sensitive.

Optionally specifying the file path

The action assumes that there is a file called README.md located at the root of the repository. If this is not the case, the path can be overridden with an environment variable.

    - name: Docker Hub Description
      uses: peter-evans/dockerhub-description@v1.0.1
      env:
        DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
        DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
        DOCKERHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_REPOSITORY }}
        README_FILEPATH: ./some-path/README.md

Examples

Updates the Docker Hub repository description whenever there is a git push to the master branch.

name: Update Docker Hub Description
on:
  push:
    branches:
    - master
jobs:
  dockerHubDescription:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@master
    - name: Docker Hub Description
      uses: peter-evans/dockerhub-description@v1.0.1
      env:
        DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
        DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
        DOCKERHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_REPOSITORY }}

Updates the Docker Hub repository description whenever a new release is created.

name: Update Docker Hub Description
on: release
jobs:
  dockerHubDescription:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@master
    - name: Docker Hub Description
      uses: peter-evans/dockerhub-description@v1.0.1
      env:
        DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
        DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
        DOCKERHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_REPOSITORY }}

Using the Docker image independently of GitHub Actions

The image can be executed in other environments independently of GitHub Actions. Simply volume mount the location of the README.md file to the container and set environment variables as follows.

docker run -v $PWD:/workspace \
  -e DOCKERHUB_USERNAME='user1' \
  -e DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD='xxxxx' \
  -e DOCKERHUB_REPOSITORY='my-docker-image' \
  -e README_FILEPATH='/workspace/README.md' \
  peterevans/dockerhub-description:1.0.1

License

MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details