This is a GitHub Actions that replicate issues to other repositories by simply labeling them.
Set up the GitHub Actions configuration file as follows.
name: Issue Replicator
on:
issues:
types:
- labeled
jobs:
IssueReplicator:
if: github.event.label.name == 'issue_replicator'
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: IssueReplicator
uses: shimewtr/issue_replicator@main
env:
GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{secrets.ISSUE_REPLICATOR_TOKEN}}
GITHUB_ISSUE_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
ISSUE_REPLICATOR_LABEL: issue_replicator
REPOSITORY_BY_LABEL: '{"replicate_A": "owner/repoA","replicate_B": "owner/repoB"}'Give a label to fire the workflow and a label to determine the repository to be replicated to.
In the above configuration, the issue will be replicated in the owner/repoA repository when the issue_replicator and replicate_A labels are given.
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN | Set up a token with permissions to create issues to the repository you want to replicate. | ${{secrets.ISSUE_REPLICATOR_TOKEN}} |
| GITHUB_ISSUE_NUMBER | You need to specify the id of the issue. | ${{ github.event.issue.number }} |
| GITHUB_REPOSITORY | Specify the repository from which you want to replicate. | ${{ github.repository }} |
| ISSUE_REPLICATOR_LABEL | Specify the label name to fire the workflow. | issue_replicator |
| REPOSITORY_BY_LABEL | Specify the label and the repository to be replicated in json format. | '{"replicate_A": "owner/repoA","replicate_B": "owner/repoB"}' |