christianlempa-boilerplates/actions/github/scp-action/copy-config-files.yml

---
name: copy config files to remote machine

on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
  push:
    branches:
      - main
    paths:
      - 'config/**'

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: your-runner

    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Upload new Config Files
        uses: appleboy/scp-action@master
        with:
          username: your-username
          host: your-host
          key: ${{ secrets.your-private-ssh-key }}
          source: './config/*'
          target: '/target/path/'
          strip_components: 1   # remove the top level directory