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Create a new file

createFile: Creates a new file

actions:
- type: createFile
  filename: README.md
  data:
    bestUser: JasonEtco
- type: createFile
  filename: response.md
- type: createFile
  filename: response.md
  branch: my-feature-branch
- type: createFile
  filename: example-codeowners.md
  new_name: .github/CODEOWNERS

Options

Title Property Description Default Required
File name filename Name of the file in your course repository's response directory.
Branch branch The branch to create the new file on. master
Commit message message The commit message when adding the file Creating new file {{ new_name
Template data data Variables that you can pass to your file.
New name new_name What the new file should be called If new_name is not provided, the file will have the same name as it does in the course repository.