Release to issue GitHub Action

This GitHub Action can be used to automatically check a GitHub repository for new releases and, in case a new release was found, automatically open a new issue in a third repository. The newly created issue contains a link to the release, a link to the tag, and a nice title mentioning the repositories name as well as the version. This GitHub Action also assignes a user and the tag enhancement to the newly created issue.

Inputs

• source-repo: Which repo to check for new releases
  • Required: yes
• target-repo: Which repo to create new issues in
  • Required: yes
• start-date: Date limit to ignore older releases
  • Required: yes
• assignee-name: Which GitHub user should be assigned to newly created issues
  • Required: yes
• github-username: Which GitHub user should be used to query the GitHub API
  • Required: yes
• github-token: Which GitHub token should be used to query the GitHub API
  • Required: yes
• dry-run: If 'true', the Action will not create any issues but just simulate them
  • Required: no

Outputs

None.

Example usage

• Create a new classic access token in your GitHub preferences.
• Inside your GitHub repository (that will use this Action) create a new secret USER_TOKEN that contains your access token.
• Add the following snippet to your GitHub Actions configuration file:

uses: maxkratz/release-to-issue-docker-action@v1.0.2
with:
    source-repo: 'lectureStudio/lectureStudio'  # the repo that should be checked for new releases
    target-repo: 'maxkratz/github-api-testing'  # the repo in which you want to open an issue
    start-date: '2023-01-01'                    # all releases older than this date will be ignored
    assignee-name: 'maxkratz'                   # can be different than your username
    github-username: 'maxkratz'                 # your username (in whose name the issues will be opened)
    github-token: ${{ secrets.USER_TOKEN }}     # your secret GitHub access token
    dry-run: false                              # if set to true, no actual issues will be opened

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 - see the LICENSE file for more details.