/cm-backport-pr

Backport from a branch to another using a pull request. (Forked to prevent impromptu fixes from the original maintainer)

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

CM Backport PR

This action will create a pull request from the indicated source branch to the destination branch with the corresponding changes. The pull request can automatically be closed once it has been created if you want.

IMPORTANT: This action has been created for personal use. If you want to use it, do it at your own risk.

Usage

You can now consume the action by referencing the v1 version:

name: CM Backport PR

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master

jobs:
  backport:
    name: CM Backport PR
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Backport from master to develop
        id: cmb
        uses: cristiammercado/cm-backport-pr@v1
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          pr-from-branch: master
          pr-to-branch: develop
          pr-title: "A PR title"
          pr-body: "The PR body."
          pr-fail-if-exists: false
          pr-update-if-exists: false
          maintainer-can-modify: true
          draft: false
          merge-pr-after-created: true
          merge-commit-title: "Merge commit title"
          merge-commit-body: "Merge commit message."
          merge-method: squash

      - name: Output from action
          run: |
            echo "PR Number: ${{ steps.cmb.outputs.pr-number }}"
            echo "PR URL: ${{ steps.cmb.outputs.pr-url }}"
            echo "PR SHA: ${{ steps.cmb.outputs.pr-sha }}"
  

Options

Name Description Required Default
token Personal access token (PAT) if you don't want to use the default value for this field. False ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
pr-from-branch The name of the branch where your changes are implemented. This should be an existing branch on the current repository. True
pr-to-branch The name of the branch you want the changes pulled into. This should be an existing branch on the current repository. True
pr-title The title of the new pull request. False [Backport PR] From pr-from-branch to pr-to-branch
pr-body The contents of the pull request. False (empty)
pr-fail-if-exists If there is already a PR that matches the configured branches, with this option you can control whether you want the action to throw an error. False true
pr-update-if-exists If there is already a PR that matches the configured branches, with this option you can update that PR with the new content. False false
maintainer-can-modify Indicates whether maintainers can modify the pull request. False true
draft Indicates whether the pull request is a draft. Check first if you can create draft PRs in the related repo. False false
merge-pr-after-created Indicates whether the PR should be merged once it has been created. Note: Old PRs not created in this workflow will not be merged. False false
merge-commit-title Title for the automatic commit message. False (empty)
merge-commit-body Extra detail to append to automatic commit message. False (empty)
merge-method Merge method to use. Possible values are merge, squash or rebase. False merge

Output

Name Description
pr-number Number of the PR created/updated.
pr-url Web URL of the PR created/updated.
pr-sha SHA of the commit merged if option merge-pr-after-created was true, otherwise is an empty string.

Additional Info

This action is heavily based on the Pull Requests GitHub Rest API. If at any moment you want to collaborate or add some functionality, you can create an issue and when I have the time I will review it. I don't guarantee that it will be added to the action or fully tested.

License

MIT