/add-issues-to-project

Github action to automatically add all issues to the specified project board.

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

Add Issues to Project (Github Action

Github action to automatically add all issues to the specified project board.

Installation

NOTE: GITHUB_TOKEN will not have sufficient privalege to write organization project, hence personal access token is needed.

  1. Create a personal access token with org:write permission
  2. Add .github/workflows/action.yml example (see below)
  3. Merge your changes to master (won't run until you do this)
  4. Create/edit/reopen issues and enjoy the magic!

Example Workflow

name: Issue Automation
on:
  issues:
    types: [ opened, edited, reopened ]
jobs:
  add-to-project-board:
    name: Add issue to project board
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Add new issues to project board
        uses: matmar10/add-issues-to-project@master
        with:
          gitub_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN_2 }}
          github_project_title: Your Github Project Board's Title
          github_org: your-org-name

Testing Locally

Pre-Requisites

  1. nektos/act framework installed
  2. Create a personal access token having org:write permission

Set Up

  1. git clone https://github.com/matmar10/add-issues-to-project.git to clone this repo
  2. cd add-issues-to-project
  3. npm install to install node deps
  4. Create a .secrets file with GITHUB_TOKEN_2 set to secret created in Pre-Requisites step #2
  5. Run npm run test