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Auto Assign Action

v1.1.2

Auto Assign Action

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Auto Assign Action

Add reviewers to pull requests when pull requests are opened

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: Auto Assign Action

              
  uses: kentaro-m/auto-assign-action@v1.1.2
Learn more about this action in kentaro-m/auto-assign-action

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Auto Assign Action

An action which adds reviewers to the pull request when the pull request is opened.

▶️ Usage

Create a workflow (e.g. .github/workflows/action.yml For more detail, refer to Configuring a workflow) for running the auto-assign action.

name: 'Auto Assign'
on: pull_request

jobs:
  add-reviews:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: kentaro-m/auto-assign-action@v1.1.2
        with:
          configuration-path: ".github/some_name_for_configs.yml" # Only needed if you use something other than .github/auto_assign.yml

Create a separate configuration file for the auto-assign action (e.g. .github/auto_assign.yml).

Single Reviewers List

Add reviewers/assignees to the pull request based on single reviewers list.

# Set to true to add reviewers to pull requests
addReviewers: true

# Set to true to add assignees to pull requests
addAssignees: false

# A list of reviewers to be added to pull requests (GitHub user name)
reviewers:
  - reviewerA
  - reviewerB
  - reviewerC

# A number of reviewers added to the pull request
# Set 0 to add all the reviewers (default: 0)
numberOfReviewers: 0

# A list of assignees, overrides reviewers if set
# assignees:
#   - assigneeA

# A number of assignees to add to the pull request
# Set to 0 to add all of the assignees.
# Uses numberOfReviewers if unset.
# numberOfAssignees: 2

# A list of keywords to be skipped the process that add reviewers if pull requests include it
# skipKeywords:
#   - wip

Multiple Reviewers List

Add reviewers/assignees to the pull request based on multiple reviewers list.

If you and peers work at the separate office or they work at the separate team by roles like frontend and backend, you might be good to use adding reviewers from each group.

# Set to true to add reviewers to pull requests
addReviewers: true

# Set to true to add assignees to pull requests
addAssignees: false

# A number of reviewers added to the pull request
# Set 0 to add all the reviewers (default: 0)
numberOfReviewers: 1

# A number of assignees to add to the pull request
# Set to 0 to add all of the assignees.
# Uses numberOfReviewers if unset.
# numberOfAssignees: 2

# Set to true to add reviewers from different groups to pull requests
useReviewGroups: true

# A list of reviewers, split into different groups, to be added to pull requests (GitHub user name)
reviewGroups:
  groupA:
    - reviewerA
    - reviewerB
    - reviewerC
  groupB:
    - reviewerD
    - reviewerE
    - reviewerF

# Set to true to add assignees from different groups to pull requests
useAssigneeGroups: false

# A list of assignees, split into different froups, to be added to pull requests (GitHub user name)
# assigneeGroups:
#   groupA:
#     - assigneeA
#     - assigneeB
#     - assigneeC
#   groupB:
#     - assigneeD
#     - assigneeE
#     - assigneeF

# A list of keywords to be skipped the process that add reviewers if pull requests include it
# skipKeywords:
#   - wip

Assign Author as Assignee

Add the PR creator as the assignee of the pull request.

# Set addAssignees to 'author' to set the PR creator as the assignee.
addAssignees: author

Filter by label

The action will only run if the PR meets the specified filters

filterLabels:
  # Run
  include:
    - my_label
    - another_label
  # Not run
  exclude:
    - wip

📝 Licence

MIT