Update Authors

Automatically generate or update AUTHORS.txt for your repository.

Usage

Create a workflow file such as .github/workflows/authors.yml in your repository:

name: Update Authors
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
jobs:
  run:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: wow-actions/update-authors@v1
        with:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Inputs

Various inputs are defined to let you configure the action:

Note: Workflow command and parameter names are not case-sensitive.

Name	Description	Default
GITHUB_TOKEN	The GitHub token for authentication	N/A
sort	Sort type('alphabet' or 'commits') of authors	'alphabet'
bots	Include bots or not	true
template	Template to render each line of authors Placeholders {{commits}}, {{name}}, {{email}} are supportted	'{{name}} <{{email}}>'
commit	Commit message	'chore: update AUTHORS [skip ci]'
path	Path of the AUTHORS.txt file	'AUTHORS'

License

The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License.