nodbot/.github/workflows/dev_deploy.yaml

name: NodBot Dev Deploy

on: 
  push: # tells github to run this on any push to the dev branch
    branches:
      - dev

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev' # we tell Github to only execute this step if we're on our dev branch
    steps:
      - name: Deploying to Probey
        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master # An action made to control Linux servers
        with: # We set all our secrets here for the action, these won't be shown in the action logs
          host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
          username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
          key: ${{ secrets.KEY }}
          port: ${{ secrets.PORT }}
          script: |
            cd nodbot-dev # we move into our app's folder
            git pull # we pull any changes from git
            npm prune # we remove any unused dependencies
            npm install # we install any missing dependencies
            pm2 reload nodbot-dev # we reload the app via PM2