create-a-discussion javascript action

This action creates a GitHub repository discussion from a MD template.

Inputs

category

Optional The discussion categury to create the discussion in. Default "General".

filename

Optional The filepath to the markdown template for the discussion. Default "./.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE.md".

discussion-body

Optional The content of the discussion body as a string. Either discussion-body or the filename should be passed

replacement-text

Optional This text will replace any instances of @PLACEHOLDER_TEXT in the discussion body

title

Required The title of the discussion to be created.

title-date

Optional Pass true to include the date at the end of the discussion title (i.e. My Discussion for the week of Thursday, May 6th, 2021). Default is not to include the date.

Outputs

N/A.

Example usage

- name: Create discussion
  id: create_discussion
  uses: keisaacson/create-a-discussion@v0.0.0
  env:
    GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}
    DISCUSSIONS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_DISCUSSIONS_TOKEN }}
  with:
    category: "Show and tell"
    filename: "./.github/DEMO_DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE.md"
    title: "Demos for the week of "
    title-date: true