nixos-config/.github/workflows/automate-dotfiles-input-update.yml

name: "Automated flake input update for my dotfiles"
on:
  schedule:
    # Every day.
    - cron: '30 0 * * *'
env:
  GIT_AUTHOR_NAME: "github-actions[bot]"
  GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: "github-actions[bot]"
  GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: "github-actions[bot]"
  GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v22
        with:
          nix_path: nixpkgs=channel:nixos-unstable
      - name: Update flake inputs
        run: |
          nix flake lock --impure \
            --update-input 'dotfiles' \
            --commit-lock-file --commit-lockfile-summary "flake.lock: update dotfiles"
      - name: Build NixOS configurations that uses the dotfiles
        run: nix build .#nixosConfigurations.ni.config.system.build.toplevel
      - name: Push updates to remote
        run: |
          git remote remove origin
          git remote add origin https://${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/foo-dogsquared/nixos-config.git
          git push --set-upstream origin master --tags