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Handle Multiple Issues

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Handle Multiple Issues

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Handle Multiple Issues

Handle the current issue if the author has existing open issues

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

              

- name: Handle Multiple Issues

uses: Anmol-Baranwal/handle-multiple-issues@v1.2.0

Learn more about this action in Anmol-Baranwal/handle-multiple-issues

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Handle Multiple Issues

ℹ️ This GitHub workflow is designed for open source projects where users are allowed to work on only one issue at a time.

With this GitHub workflow, you can automate tasks whenever an author creates multiple open issues.

Use cases

  • The workflow can comment the issues that are already created by the author which are currently in the open state.
  • You can also filter the issues that are assigned to the author of the issue
  • You can add your own comment message (even multiline) in the issue.
  • You can add label or labels based on your preferences.
  • Optionally, you can also close the issue (previous issues won't be affected), and only the current issue will be closed.
  • You can ignore this workflow for specific users by using ignoreUsers
  • You can directly pass ignoreCollaborators

🚀 Getting Started

  • For custom configuration in-depth, you can check examples.
  • Create a file in the repository at the following path: .github/workflows/handle-multiple-issues.yml and paste the following code into it.
name: Handle Multiple Issues

on:
  issues:
    types:
      - reopened
      - opened
jobs:
  handle-multiple-issues:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Handle Multiple Issues
        uses: Anmol-Baranwal/handle-multiple-issues@v1
        with:
          label: "multiple issues" #default
          close: false  #default
          issueNumber: true  #default is true

Inputs

Various inputs are defined to let you configure the action:

Name Description Default
gh-token The GitHub token for authentication '${{ github.token }}'
label Add a label to the current issue. Use commas to separate if there are multiple labels. 'multiple issues'
comment A message to comment on the issue ''
close This will close the issue if set to true 'false'
issueNumber This will comment all the previous issues that are created by the author 'true'
assign This will filter the issues that are assigned to the author (works only if issueNumber is true) 'false'
ignoreUsers Specify usernames that should be ignored while running this workflow. Use commas to separate if there are multiple users. ''
ignoreCollaborators This will ignore all the collaborators in the repository while running this workflow 'false'

The Combinations that you can use with comment, assign and issueNumber:

Suppose, a user has created #1, #2 which are currently open, only #2 is assigned to author and we have now included this workflow. Now suppose he creates the #3 issue.

You can see the examples for better clarity.

issueNumber comment assign Purpose Message by Bot
true false To mention issue number with the default message #2, #1 is already opened by you
true custom_message false To mention issue number with a custom message #2, #1 custom_message
false custom_message false Custom message without mentioning issue custom_message
false false Nothing is mentioned; only the label is added as per the workflow
true true To filter issues that are created by the author and assigned to the same author #2 has been opened by you and is also assigned to you.

Only the default message is modified when assign is set to true; the concept of a custom message remains unchanged.


🔖 Examples

Add a custom label and print the issue number with a default message
uses: Anmol-Baranwal/handle-multiple-issues@v1
with:
  label: "up for grabs" #default is 'multiple issues'
  close: false  #default
  issueNumber: true  #default is true

Add a default label and print the issue number with a custom message
uses: Anmol-Baranwal/handle-multiple-issues@v1
with:
  # label 'multiple issues' will be added
  comment: 'custom message'
  issueNumber: true  #default is true

Print a custom message without mentioning issue number
uses: Anmol-Baranwal/handle-multiple-issues@v1
with:
  label: "multiple issues" #default
  comment: 'custom message'
  issueNumber: false  #default is true

Multiline comment message with issue number
uses: Anmol-Baranwal/handle-multiple-issues@v1
with:
  label: "multiple issues" #default
  comment: |
    custom message1
    custom message2
  issueNumber: true  #default is true

#  Suppose #1 is already created by the author.
#  Output
#  #1 custom message1
#  custom message2

Add multiple labels
uses: Anmol-Baranwal/handle-multiple-issues@v1
with:
  label: 'label1, label2'   # separate using comma
  issueNumber: true  #default is true

To filter issues that are assigned to the author
  • The same rules for message applies to this condition
  • This will not work unless issueNumber is true.
uses: Anmol-Baranwal/handle-multiple-issues@v1
with:
  issueNumber: true   # default is true
  assign: true   # this will not work, unless 'issueNumber' is true

#  Suppose #1, #2 is already created by the author. But only #2 is assigned to the author.
#  Output
#  #2 has been opened by you and is also assigned to you.

To ignore specified users while running this workflow
  • Suppose, we have to ignore this workflow for users with username: Anmol-Baranwal, AnmolB2.
uses: Anmol-Baranwal/handle-multiple-issues@v1
with:
  issueNumber: true   # default is true
  ignoreUsers: 'Anmol-Baranwal, AnmolB2'

#  Suppose Anmol-Baranwal created an issue. You will receive a log message during the workflow execution.
#  Log Message
#  User: Anmol-Baranwal is on the ignore list. Ignoring the workflow for this user.

To ignore collaborators of the repository while running this workflow
  • Suppose, we have to ignore this workflow for users with username: Anmol-Baranwal, AnmolB2.
uses: Anmol-Baranwal/handle-multiple-issues@v1
with:
  issueNumber: true   # default is true
  ignoreCollaborators: true

#  Suppose Anmol-Baranwal created an issue and is a collaborator. You will receive a log message during the workflow execution.
#  Log Message
#  User: Anmol-Baranwal is a collaborator. Ignoring the issue for collaborators.

🤝 How to Contribute?

All changes are welcome. Please read our contributing guidelines

Feel free to suggest any features or report bugs using these issue templates.


📝 License


The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License.

bullseye Tech & Tools

In case you want to run the action locally, without having to commit/push every time, you can use the act tool.


Author

Feel free to contact me if you need a custom workflow for your project. I'll be happy to build one.

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