- name: SFTP uploader
  uses: wangyucode/[email protected]
  with:
    host: 'wycode.cn'
    password: ${{ secrets.password }} 
    localDir: 'dist'
    remoteDir: '/data/nginx/www/wycode.cn/'

- name: SFTP uploader
  uses: wangyucode/[email protected]
  with:
    host: 'wycode.cn'
    privateKey: ${{ secrets.key }} 
    localDir: 'dist'
    remoteDir: '/data/nginx/www/wycode.cn/'

name: Upload complete repo (e.g. website) to a SFTP destination

on: [push]

jobs:
  Upload-to-SFTP:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: 🚚 Get latest code                     # Checkout the latest code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: 📂 SFTP uploader                       # Upload to SFTP 
        uses: wangyucode/[email protected]
        with:
          host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}                  # Recommended to put the credentials in github secrets.
          username: ${{ secrets.USER }}
          password: ${{ secrets.PASSWORD }}
          compress: true                             # Compression
          forceUpload: true                          # Optional, Force uploading all files, Default to false(upload only newer files).
          localDir: '.'                              # Required, Absolute or relative to cwd.
          remoteDir: '/'                             # Required, Absolute path only.
          exclude: '.git*,.DS_Store'                 # Optional. exclude patterns (glob) like .gitignore, use ',' to split, Default to ''.
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## Upload newer files

the action will check `modifyTime` and upload the newer files if `forceUpload` is false.
but you should restore the modified time before uploading.
here is an action that can change the modified time: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/git-restore-mtime