Update Bot

Update Bot 🤖 is a Github utility which uses CircleCi 2's cron functionality to continuously update pull requests (PRs) if they become out of date. This helps keep Pull Requests up-to-date for testing and deploying purposes.

Once Setup, add the Github Tag 'AUTOUPDATE' to the PR and forget about updating the PR every again!

Initial Setup

The sentences below describe how to setup Update Bot.

Install

npm i update-bot --save-dev

Add a GITHUB_ORG env var

Add a GITHUB_ORG environment variable to the CircleCi workflow you want to use Update Bot on.

The GITHUB_ORG environment variable is a Github Organization or User that repository exists under.

In example, this repository is under someguynamedmatt so the GITHUB_ORG environment variable would be someguynamedmatt.

Add a GITHB_TOKEN env var

Add a GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable to the CircleCi workflow you want to use Update Bot on.

The GITHUB_TOKEN is generated by the org or user in Github. The GITHUB_TOKEN used to authenticate Update Bot to update repositories.

Add a 'AUTOUPDATE' tag to a Pull Request

Make a Github Repository Tag called 'AUTOUPDATE'. Add the tag to Pull Requests to auto-update them. 🚀