Create PR Action

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This is a GitHub Actions that executes an arbitrary command and commits the changes to the new pull request.
It also has a management function that resolves conflicts and closes pull requests that are no longer needed.

Table of Contents

Details

• Installation
  • e.g. Update npm packages
  • e.g. Update composer packages
  • e.g. Mixed
• Screenshots
  • Run commands
  • Created Pull Request
• Options
• Action event details
  • Target event
• Variables
  • Variables1
  • Variables2
• Addition
  • GITHUB_TOKEN
• Author

Installation

e.g. Update npm packages

e.g. .github/workflows/update-npm-packages.yml

on:
 schedule:
   - cron: 0 0 * * *
 pull_request:
   types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, closed]

name: Update packages
jobs:
 release:
   name: Update npm packages
   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
   steps:
     - name: Update npm packages
       uses: technote-space/create-pr-action@v2
       with:
         EXECUTE_COMMANDS: |
           npx npm-check-updates -u --packageFile package.json
           yarn install
           yarn upgrade
           yarn audit
         COMMIT_MESSAGE: 'chore: update npm dependencies'
         COMMIT_NAME: 'GitHub Actions'
         COMMIT_EMAIL: 'example@example.com'
         PR_BRANCH_NAME: 'chore-npm-update-${PR_ID}'
         PR_TITLE: 'chore: update npm dependencies'

e.g. Update composer packages

e.g. .github/workflows/update-composer-packages.yml

on:
 schedule:
   - cron: 0 0 * * *
 pull_request:
   types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, closed]

name: Update packages
jobs:
 release:
   name: Update composer packages
   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
   steps:
     - name: Update composer packages
       uses: technote-space/create-pr-action@v2
       with:
         EXECUTE_COMMANDS: |
           rm -f "composer.lock"
           < "composer.json" jq -r '.require | to_entries[] | select(.value | startswith("^")) | select(.key | contains("/")) | .key' | tr '\n' ' ' | xargs -r php -d memory_limit=2G "$(command -v composer)" require --no-interaction --prefer-dist --no-suggest
           < "composer.json" jq -r '."require-dev" | to_entries[] | select(.value | startswith("^")) | select(.key | contains("/")) | .key' | tr '\n' ' ' | xargs -r php -d memory_limit=2G "$(command -v composer)" require --dev --no-interaction --prefer-dist --no-suggest
         COMMIT_MESSAGE: 'chore: update composer dependencies'
         COMMIT_NAME: 'GitHub Actions'
         COMMIT_EMAIL: 'example@example.com'
         PR_BRANCH_NAME: 'chore-composer-update-${PR_ID}'
         PR_TITLE: 'chore: update composer dependencies'

e.g. Mixed

e.g. .github/workflows/update-packages.yml

on:
 schedule:
   - cron: 0 0 * * *
 pull_request:
   types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, closed]

name: Update packages
jobs:
 release:
   name: Update packages
   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
   steps:
     - name: Update packages
       uses: technote-space/create-pr-action@v2
       with:
         EXECUTE_COMMANDS: |
           npx npm-check-updates -u --packageFile package.json
           yarn install
           yarn upgrade
           yarn audit
           rm -f "composer.lock"
           < "composer.json" jq -r '.require | to_entries[] | select(.value | startswith("^")) | select(.key | contains("/")) | .key' | tr '\n' ' ' | xargs -r php -d memory_limit=2G "$(command -v composer)" require --no-interaction --prefer-dist --no-suggest
           < "composer.json" jq -r '."require-dev" | to_entries[] | select(.value | startswith("^")) | select(.key | contains("/")) | .key' | tr '\n' ' ' | xargs -r php -d memory_limit=2G "$(command -v composer)" require --dev --no-interaction --prefer-dist --no-suggest
         COMMIT_MESSAGE: 'chore: update dependencies'
         COMMIT_NAME: 'GitHub Actions'
         COMMIT_EMAIL: 'example@example.com'
         PR_BRANCH_NAME: 'chore-update-${PR_ID}'
         PR_TITLE: 'chore: update dependencies'

More details of target event

Screenshots

Run commands

Created Pull Request

Options

name	description	default	required	e.g.
GLOBAL_INSTALL_PACKAGES	Packages to be global installed			imagemin-cli
EXECUTE_COMMANDS	Commands to be executed
COMMIT_MESSAGE	Commit message
COMMIT_NAME	Git commit name	${github.actor}
COMMIT_EMAIL	Git commit email	${github.actor}@users.noreply.github.com
PR_BRANCH_PREFIX	PullRequest branch prefix	create-pr-action/	true	imagemin/
PR_BRANCH_NAME	PullRequest branch name Several variables are available (variables1)		true	imagemin-${PR_ID}
PR_TITLE	PullRequest title Several variables are available (variables1)		true	chore: minify images
PR_BODY	PullRequest body Several variables are available (variables2)		true
CHECK_DEFAULT_BRANCH	Whether to check default branch	true		false
ONLY_DEFAULT_BRANCH	Whether not to check other than default branch	pull_request: false else: true		true
GITHUB_TOKEN	アクセストークン	${{github.token}}	true	${{secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN}}

Action event details

Target event

eventName	action
pull_request	opened, synchronize, reopened, labeled, unlabeled
pull_request	closed
schedule, repository_dispatch, workflow_dispatch	*

• The following activity types must be explicitly specified (detail)
  • labeled, unlabeled, closed

Variables

Variables1

name	description
PR_NUMBER	pull_request.number (e.g. 11)
PR_NUMBER_REF	#${pull_request.number} (e.g. #11)
PR_ID	pull_request.id (e.g. 21031067)
PR_HEAD_REF	pull_request.head.ref (e.g. change)
PR_BASE_REF	pull_request.base.ref (e.g. main)
PR_TITLE	pull_request.title (e.g. Update the README with new information.)
PATCH_VERSION	new patch version (e.g. v1.2.4)
MINOR_VERSION	new minor version (e.g. v1.3.0)
MAJOR_VERSION	new major version (e.g. v2.0.0)

Variables2

• variables1

name	description
PR_LINK	Link to PR
COMMANDS_OUTPUT	Results of command
FILES_SUMMARY	e.g. Changed 2 files
FILES	Changed file list

Addition

GITHUB_TOKEN

The GITHUB_TOKEN that is provided as a part of GitHub Actions doesn't have authorization to create any successive events.
So it won't spawn actions which triggered by push.
This can be a problem if you have branch protection configured.

If you want to trigger actions, use a personal access token instead.

1. Generate a personal access token with the public_repo or repo scope.
   (repo is required for private repositories).
2. Save as ACCESS_TOKEN
3. Add input to use ACCESS_TOKEN instead of GITHUB_TOKEN.
   e.g. .github/workflows/update-packages.yml

   on:
     schedule:
       - cron: 0 0 * * *
     pull_request:
       types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, closed]
   
   name: Update packages
   jobs:
     release:
       name: Update npm packages
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       steps:
         - name: Update npm packages
           uses: technote-space/create-pr-action@v2
           with:
             GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
             EXECUTE_COMMANDS: |
               npx npm-check-updates -u --packageFile package.json
               yarn install
               yarn upgrade
               yarn audit
             COMMIT_MESSAGE: 'chore: update npm dependencies'
             COMMIT_NAME: 'GitHub Actions'
             COMMIT_EMAIL: 'example@example.com'
             PR_BRANCH_NAME: 'chore-npm-update-${PR_ID}'
             PR_TITLE: 'chore: update npm dependencies'

Author

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