Release follow up 📝

Follow up on issues and PRs after a release is published. The corresponding pending-release label will be removed if it's present and thereferenced-in-release label added.

The relevant issues are parsed from the release body (i.e. changelog/notes) and only recognized if present in the current repo (i.e. where the release is published).

• Any issue linked in the release body with the pattern /<current-repo>/issues/<issue-number> will be matched. If the issue exists in the current repo, a comment will be added referencing the release link.

• Issues and PRs are not closed, only commented on.

Inputs

Input	Default	Required	Description
github-token		true	The GitHub token used to create an authenticated client
pending-release-label	pending-release	false	Label to remove from referenced issues, if exists
referenced-in-release-label	referenced-in-release	false	Label to add to referenced issues
dry-run	false	false	Log proposed updates against referenced items instead of modifying resources

Usage

You can use the action by referencing the v1 branch:

name: release-follow-up
on:
  release:
    types: [published]

jobs:
  follow-up:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: siegerts/release-follow-up-action@v1
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Using dry-run

name: release-follow-up
on:
  release:
    types: [published]

jobs:
  follow-up:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: siegerts/release-follow-up-action@v1
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          dry-run: true

Output in the workflow run log

Run mode: dry-run
Issues referenced in the v1.0 release: 5
Updating issue #5...
--removing label <pending-release>
--adding label <referenced-in-release>
--adding comment of type issue for **v1.0** release

Using different labels

name: release-follow-up
on:
  release:
    types: [published]

jobs:
  follow-up:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: siegerts/release-follow-up-action@v1
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          pending-release-label: to-be-released
          referenced-in-release-label: already-released