Issue with syncing S3 and github repo using github actions

[Ecupse]

I have a github action .yml that syncs my github repo with a s3 bucket

• name: Sync files repo and S3 bucket with the AWS CLI
  run: |
  aws s3 sync photo-art/text s3://${{ env.BUCKET_NAME }}

In the above action, I manage to upload the files in my Github folder photo-art/text to my S3 bucket. However this is not what I want. I wanted to download files from s3 to my folder in github as well (that is how sync works right?) , so I tried switching around instead:

• name: Sync files repo and S3 bucket with the AWS CLI
  run: |
  aws s3 sync s3://${{ env.BUCKET_NAME }} photo-art/text

This seem to have downloaded all my files into photo-art/text as indicated in the github actions history but the files are not there when i check the folder itself.

Questions

1. How should I sync my repo folders with my s3 bucket in the cli commands so that i may have the same files in my S3 bucket and github folder?
2. If my folder is at url https://github.com/mycompany/myrepo/tree/master/photo-art/text, how should I display the path for github actions ? Is photo-art/text correct?

[peterwoodworth]

but the files are not there when i check the folder itself.

If I may make an assumption, you are referring to your repository after the workflow has completed, is this correct?

The runner that runs this action should indeed be successfully syncing the files. I believe the issue here is that you are expecting the actual repository to be updated, when instead you are doing the equivalent of cloning your repo, making changes, and then not committing and pushing the changes to your repo.

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