Automate Workflow Restoration from GitHub Pull Requests
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This n8n workflow automatically restores and manages your n8n workflows directly from GitHub. Triggered by merged pull requests, it fetches workflow content, ensuring your automation configurations are always up-to-date and version-controlled.
About This Workflow
Streamline your n8n workflow management with this powerful automation. This workflow leverages GitHub webhooks to detect when a pull request containing workflow changes is merged. It then intelligently fetches the updated workflow files from your repository, effectively restoring and versioning your automation logic directly within your n8n instance. By defining your repository owner and name locally, this template offers a flexible and robust solution for maintaining your n8n workflows in sync with your codebase, enhancing collaboration and reducing manual intervention.
Key Features
- GitHub Pull Request Trigger: Automatically initiates the workflow upon successful merging of pull requests.
- Conditional Logic: Filters for merged pull requests to ensure only finalized changes trigger restoration.
- Dynamic File Fetching: Retrieves the content of modified and newly added workflow files directly from your GitHub repository.
- Version Control Integration: Keeps your n8n workflows synchronized with your GitHub repository's commit history.
- Configurable Repository Details: Easily set your GitHub owner and repository name for seamless integration.
How To Use
- Set GitHub Credentials: Ensure you have a GitHub API credential configured in n8n with appropriate read access to your repository.
- Configure GitHub Trigger: Set up the 'Github Trigger - When there is new pull request' node with your GitHub username and repository name. Select 'pull_request' as the event.
- Define Local Variables: In the 'Define Local Variables' node, set your
github_ownerandrepo_nameto match your GitHub repository details. - Filter Merged Pull Requests: The 'Check if trigger event is pull request merged' node ensures the workflow only proceeds for closed and merged pull requests.
- Fetch Commit Details: The 'Fetch merged commit details via GitHub API' node retrieves information about the merge commit.
- Split File Changes: Use the 'Get files changes details' node to separate individual file modifications from the commit.
- Filter Workflow Files: Employ the 'Filter modified workflows' and 'Filter created workflows' nodes to isolate changes related to n8n workflow files (e.g.,
.jsonfiles). - Fetch Workflow Content: Configure the 'Fetch workflow content from Git' nodes to retrieve the actual content of the modified or newly added workflow files using the
filePathand dynamic repository details.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "ffcd9dc3-a9ed-409c-b8fd-4cb3fadb7924",
"name": "Automate Workflow Restoration from GitHub Pull Requests",
"nodes": 23,
"category": "DevOps",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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