Merge pull request #409 from jschmid1/feat/pull_description_body

feat: add `pull_description` to placeholders

README.md

@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ Placeholder | Replaced with
 ------------|------------
 `issue_refs` | GitHub issue references to all issues mentioned in the original pull request description seperated by a space, e.g. `#123 #456 korthout/backport-action#789`
 `pull_author` | The username of the original pull request's author, e.g. `korthout`
+`pull_description`| The description (i.e. body) of the original pull request that is backported, e.g. `Summary: This patch was created to..`
 `pull_number` | The number of the original pull request that is backported, e.g. `123`
 `pull_title` | The title of the original pull request that is backported, e.g. `fix: some error`
 `target_branch`| The branchname to which the pull request is backported, e.g. `release-0.23`

dist/index.js

@@ -990,11 +990,13 @@ exports.getMentionedIssueRefs = exports.replacePlaceholders = void 0;
  * @returns Description that can be used in the backport pull request
  */
 function replacePlaceholders(template, main, target) {
+    var _a;
     const issues = getMentionedIssueRefs(main.body);
     return template
         .replace("${pull_author}", main.user.login)
         .replace("${pull_number}", main.number.toString())
         .replace("${pull_title}", main.title)
+        .replace("${pull_description", (_a = main.body) !== null && _a !== void 0 ? _a : "")
         .replace("${target_branch}", target)
         .replace("${issue_refs}", issues.join(" "));
 }

src/utils.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export function replacePlaceholders(
     .replace("${pull_author}", main.user.login)
     .replace("${pull_number}", main.number.toString())
     .replace("${pull_title}", main.title)
+    .replace("${pull_description", main.body ?? "")
     .replace("${target_branch}", target)
     .replace("${issue_refs}", issues.join(" "));
 }