GitHub Actions auto-move-related-issue

This is GitHub Actions that move the open-issue described in the "Issue" paragraph to a specific project column.

The supported action webhook events are issues | pull_request.

Note: The development is primarily focused on closed events, so it may not work with certain event triggers.

Screenshot

Usage

Setup workflow file

example .github/workflows/auto-move-related-issue.yml

name: "Auto move related issue"
on:
  pull_request:
    types: [closed]

jobs:
  auto-move-related-issue:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: 1natsu172/github-action-auto-move-related-issue@v1
        id: auto-move-related-issue_action
        with:
          # github_token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
          config: "auto-move-related-issue-config.yml"

・Tips

If you only want to run the pull_request on merged, you can write the steps configuration as follows.

    steps:
      - uses: 1natsu172/github-action-auto-move-related-issue@v1
        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.action == 'closed' && github.event.pull_request.merged == true
        id: auto-move-related-issue_action
        with:
          # github_token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
          config: "auto-move-related-issue-config.yml"

・ with options

name	description	default	required	e.g.
config	Config file name	auto-move-related-issue-config.yml	true	move-related-issue-on-merged.yml
github_token	Access token	${{github.token}}	true	${{secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN}}

Configure target project and column names

example .github/auto-move-related-issue-config.yml

projectName: "kanban1"
columnName: "Review in progress"

This action support single project and single column target.

Please write an Issue paragraph in your Issue or PullRequest content

Must write Issue paragraph and Issue or PullRequest number or url

example

# Issue

#1
#3
https://github.com/sushi-kun/github-projects-lab/issues/5

# Summary

.
.
.

Config rules

Write the exact name

According to the image below.

Behavior

Only the Issue or PullRequest number or url in the issue paragraph will be targeted. It also ignores issues that have been given keywords to close.

ref: Closing issues using keywords

Support for Issue or PullRequest that has not been added to the target project. It is automatically added to the target column even if it has not been added to the project.

FAQ

・Not moved or some Issue or PullRequest is not moved.

Do you have any extra information in your Issue paragraph other than a number or URL? It is recommended to describe Issue paragraph as simply as possible, with only the number and URL.

Support action trigger events

eventName	action types
issues	any
pull_request	any

Versioning

Use SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see the tags on this repository.

©️ License

MIT © 1natsu172

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For developer

Versioning

The presence or absence of the v prefix is ​​intentional.

v1 = "^1.0.0" 1.0.0 = "1.0.0"

Whenever release, must release the new version(non-v-prefix) and major version release(has-v-prefix).

ref: https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/master/docs/action-versioning.md

After new release branch merged

Release new specific version

Release by GUI operation according to the official publishing-action guide.

https://help.github.com/ja/actions/building-actions/publishing-actions-in-github-marketplace#publishing-an-action

Be careful: specific version release tag is non-v-prefix

Update major version tag

And then, update existing major version tag by local push.

git checkout master
git tag -fa v1 -m "Update v1 tag"
git push origin v1 --force