Description
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New Feature
Please describe the desired new functionality:
Originally posted by @martinm82 in #408 (comment)
Add support for alternative topics
configuration where topics matching a given pattern can be excluded from delete operations. This allows other tools to create topics without having them deleted by safe-settings.
Example: The following config would keep the topic team-unicorn
created by another tool or user.
topics:
include:
- probot
exclude:
- name: ^team-
Include can be used without specifying exclude in the config, while also supporting the current format:
topics:
- probot