Learn how to distribute your design tokens from Specify to your GitHub repositories via automated Pull Requests.
Specify will sync your GitHub repository if you have a config file .specifyrc.json
saved at the root of your GitHub repository.
Please make sure you have:
A GitHub account
A Specify account
One or multiple new Advanced Repositories Specify repositories containing some design tokens.
Want to connect a GitHub repository from your GitHub organization? Please make sure you have the correct access rights. Otherwise, you'll need an owner to approve your installation request.
Go to the applications catalog on the Destinations page
Select GitHub
Click on "Connect"
Select the repositories you want Specify to have access to
You will now be able to connect your Specify and your GitHub repositories together 🎉
Once you've connected your GitHub account, Specify has to know what design tokens to synchronize and how.
Go to the Specify Advanced Repository you want to distribute design data from
Go to its "Destinations" page
Click on "Create Pipeline"
Select "GitHub application"
Select your GitHub account
Select the GitHub repository you want to distribute your design data to
Name for your configuration file (Learn More ↗︎)
Create the Pull Request containing your configuration file
Merge the PR created by Specify containing your configuration file
Specify will now automatically sync design data to your GitHub repository 🎉