Github Action for managing Epic and Subtask Issues
When the action is configured in a repo it adds additional automation on issues labeled with 'epic' and 'subtask'.
A issue labeled with 'subtask' can be linked with an issue labeled with 'epic' using a line in the body.subtask
This is my description of the issue
[...]
Epic #1
Epic <Reference of the issue> will tell this action that the Epic needs to update a list of Subtasks in the body:
This epic is used for testing purposes.
It will contain a list of subtasks maintained by pet-action github action.
## Subtasks
- [x] Subtask A #2
- [ ] Subtask B #3
This action will update the Epic Subtaks section with new subtaks or changes in the state of existing subtasks.
Mandatory The token used by the action to access and modify repo's issues.access
Typically
with:
TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
on:
issues:
types: [edited, closed, reopened, labeled]
jobs:
sync-epic-job:
if: contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'subtask')
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
name: Sync epic issues with subtasks issues
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Sync Epic Issues
id: sync-epic
uses: ./
with:
TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}