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Update coder templates automatically

1. Create a GitHub secret namedCODER_SESSION_TOKEN with your coder session tokenYou can generate a long lived session token by running the following command in your browser console while logged into Coder with aTemplate Admin orOwner role.

     coder token create --lifetime 8760h --name"GitHub Actions"

2. Create a.github/workflows/push-coder-template.yaml file and use one of the examples below.

1. Update a Coder template with the latest commit hash as the version name, commit message as the update message and mark this as active.

   name:Update Coder Templateon:push:branches:      -mainjobs:update:runs-on:ubuntu-lateststeps:      -name:Checkoutuses:actions/checkout@v4      -name:Get latest commit hashid:latest_commitrun:echo "hash=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT      -name:Get commit titleid:commit_titlerun:echo "title=$(git log -1 --pretty=%s)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT      -name:Update Coder Templateuses:matifali/update-coder-template@v3with:id:my-templatedir:my-templateurl:https://coder.example.comname:${{ steps.latest_commit.outputs.hash }}message:${{ steps.commit_title.outputs.title }}coder_session_token:${{ secrets.CODER_SESSION_TOKEN }}

2. Update a Coder template with a random version name without activating.

   name:Update Coder Templateon:push:branches:      -mainjobs:update:runs-on:ubuntu-lateststeps:      -name:Checkoutuses:actions/checkout@v4      -name:Update Coder Templateuses:matifali/update-coder-template@v3with:id:my-templatedir:my-templateurl:https://coder.example.comactivate:falsecoder_session_token:${{ secrets.CODER_SESSION_TOKEN }}