Profiles Synchronizer

This job synchronizes installed profiles (those stored in QGIS profiles folder) from the downloaded ones (those stored in QDT local folder).

Use it

Sample job configurations.

Update or install profiles only with a newer version number

- name: Synchronize installed profiles from downloaded ones
  uses: qprofiles-synchronizer
  with:
    sync_mode: only_new_version

Systematically overwrite installed profile with downloaded one

- name: Synchronize installed profiles from downloaded ones
  uses: qprofiles-synchronizer
  with:
    sync_mode: overwrite

Vocabulary

Profiles states

  • remote: a profile stored outside the end-user computer, on a git repository, an HTTP server or a LAN drive. Typically: https://gitlab.com/Oslandia/qgis/profils_qgis_fr.git.

  • downloaded: a profile downloaded into the QDT local working folder. Typically: ~/.cache/qgis-deployment-toolbelt/Oslandia/.

  • installed: a profile’s folder located into the QGIS profiles folder and so accessible to the end-user through the QGIS interface. Typically: ~/.local/share/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/default or %APPDATA%/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/default

Options

sync_mode

Synchronization mode to apply with profiles.

Possible_values:

  • only_missing (default): only install profiles that does not exist locally

  • only_different_version: only install profiles that does not exist locally and update those with a different version number (lesser or upper)

  • only_new_version: only install profiles that does not exist locally and update those with a lesser version number

  • overwrite: systematically overwrite local profiles