branch-cleanup-action
A GitHub action to automatically delete the branch after a pull request has been merged.
by jessfrazShell
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Hi, it might be worth noting in the README that GitHub has a native feature for this now.
Hey there! I'm new to GitHub actions, so if this is incorrect at all, I apologize! Here's the issue I'm seeing. I've got a repo that I'd like to use this with. We have a large team working on this project and many people are leaving stale branches around. Anyhow, I went ahead and created a GitHub workflow as defined below (using the new yaml syntax): When I open a new pull request on this repo, this workflow runs and exits without doing anything (since the PR hasn't been merged). When I merge the PR, however, this workflow doesn't run because it's only running on , and GitHub doesn't consider a merged PR to be a pull_request event, apparently. I wonder if this behavior has changed since this was first built? Anyhow: I can't seem to find a way to get this to run. Am I way off, or did GitHub change the way that the event works?
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Adding meta-data for github action and hint to the automatic branch deletion as github.com featureMergedPR
I started using this action before I figured out that a new feature might make this obsolete. Also after every run there was a hint in the run-overview that parameters are not officially recognised. This was due to missing meta-data for the github action. Please feel free to accept or decline the PR if it does not make sense. It's a super small change that just might help others to figure things out faster. There was an Issue #5 mentioning the github blog post where branch-deletion is mentioned.
Currently Github Actions support YAML workflow format. I guess README should be updated with YAML example.
With the change to YAML and the new CICD oriented actions, we lost the ability to use exit code 78. This is switching to status code 0 to show success as oppose to a failure on a status check. https://help.github.com/en/articles/virtual-environments-for-github-actions#exit-codes-and-statuses
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Repository: jessfraz/branch-cleanup-action. Description: A GitHub action to automatically delete the branch after a pull request has been merged. Stars: 422, Forks: 59. Primary language: Shell. Languages: Shell (73.6%), Makefile (16.4%), Dockerfile (10%). License: MIT. Open PRs: 1, open issues: 4. Last activity: 4y ago. Community health: 42%. Top contributors: jessfraz, fbartho, toc-me[bot], JonasJurczok, seiffert, HoughIO, hkdobrev, sburns, mrwacky42, cclauss.