PR Commit Body Action

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This is a GitHub Actions to add commit history to PR body.

Table of Contents

Details

• Screenshots
  • Auto generated body
• Usage
• Options
• Action event details
  • Target events
• Author

Screenshots

Auto generated body

Part of the body of this PR (enclosed in red) is automatically generated by the merged PRs (enclosed in green) and commits (enclosed in blue).

Usage

1. Setup workflow
   e.g.

   on:
     pull_request:
       types: [opened, synchronize]
   
   name: Pull Request updated
   
   jobs:
     history:
       name: Pull Request Body
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       if: startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'release/')
       steps:
         - name: Pull Request Body
           uses: technote-space/pr-commit-body-action@v1

2. Create pull request including comment below

   <!-- START pr-commits -->
   <!-- END pr-commits -->

Options

name	description	default	required	e.g.
CHANGE_TEMPLATE	Merge item template	* ${TITLE} (#${NUMBER}) @${AUTHOR}		- ${TITLE}
COMMIT_TEMPLATE	Commit template	* ${MESSAGE} (${COMMITS})		- ${MESSAGE}
MAX_COMMITS	Max number to show commits	5		3
TEMPLATE	Template	${MERGES} ${COMMITS} ${BREAKING_CHANGES}	true	${MERGES}
COMMIT_TYPES	Types	feat, fix, build, ci, docs, style, perf, refactor, test, chore	true	feat, fix, chore
EXCLUDE_MESSAGES	Exclude messages			tweaks
TITLE	Title			Changes:
NO_ITEMS	Message to show if there are no item			- no item
LINK_ISSUE_KEYWORD	A keyword linking a pull request to issue. If this options is set, this value is added to issue references. (e.g. #234 => closes #123)			closes
FILTER_PR	Whether to filter pull requests by semantic message rule	false		true
GITHUB_TOKEN	Access token	${{github.token}}	true	${{secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN}}

Action event details

Target events

eventName	action
pull_request, pull_request_target	opened, reopened, synchronize

Author

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