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GitHub Action

Auto Author Assign

v1.6.1

Auto Author Assign

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Auto Author Assign

Assign author to pull requests when the pull requests are opened

Installation

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

 
              
- name: Auto Author Assign

              
  uses: toshimaru/[email protected]
Learn more about this action in toshimaru/auto-author-assign

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auto-author-assign

GitHub Actions: Assign pull request author automatically.

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Why this action?

In most cases, pull request author should be assigned an assignee of the pull request.

This action automatically assigns PR author as an assignee.

Usage

# .github/workflows/auto-author-assign.yml
name: Auto Author Assign

on:
  pull_request_target:
    types: [ opened, reopened ]

permissions:
  pull-requests: write

jobs:
  assign-author:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: toshimaru/[email protected]

Use your own token

You can specify your own token.

jobs:
  assign-author:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: toshimaru/auto-author-assign
        with:
          repo-token: ${{ secrets.YOUR_TOKEN }}

If not specified, GITHUB_TOKEN will be used by default.

Enable auto-author-assign for the issues

An issue author can be automatically assigned as an issue assignee.

  • Add issues to the trigger
  • Add issues: write to the permissions
on:
  issues:
    types: [ opened, reopened ]
  pull_request_target:
    types: [ opened, reopened ]

permissions:
  issues: write
  pull-requests: write

jobs:
  ...

Skip assigning author

auto-author-assign action skips assigning the author when:

  • Someone is already assigned as an assignee
  • The author is a bot