browserslist-update-action
A GitHub Action that runs npx update-browserslist-db@latest
on a repository and proposes a pull request to merge updates.
v2 vs v1
v1
uses command npx browserslist@latest --update-db
which is now deprecated and to be removed in a future major browserslist
release. It should be dropped in favor of v2
which uses new command npx update-browserslist-db@latest
.
npm
6). Stick to v1
otherwise.
Usage
name: Update Browserslist database
on:
schedule:
- cron: '0 2 1,15 * *'
permissions:
contents: write
pull-requests: write
jobs:
update-browserslist-database:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout repository
uses: actions/checkout@v3
with:
fetch-depth: 0
- name: Configure git
run: |
git config --global user.email "action@github.com"
git config --global user.name "GitHub Action"
- name: Update Browserslist database and create PR if applies
uses: c2corg/browserslist-update-action@v2
with:
github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
branch: browserslist-update
base_branch: main
commit_message: 'build: update Browserslist db'
title: 'build: update Browserslist db'
body: Auto-generated by [browserslist-update-action](https://github.com/c2corg/browserslist-update-action/)
labels: 'chores, github action'
Action inputs
Inputs with defaults are optional.
Name | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
github_token | GITHUB_TOKEN (contents: write , pull-requests: write ) or a repo scoped Personal Access Token (PAT). |
GITHUB_TOKEN |
branch | The pull request branch name. | browserslist-update |
base_branch | The target branch into which the pull request will be merged. | master |
directory | For monorepos, the directory to switch to when running action | . |
commit_message | The message to use when committing changes. | Update caniuse database |
title | The title of the pull request. | 📈 Update caniuse database |
body | The body of the pull request. | Caniuse database has been updated. Review changes, merge this PR and have a 🍺. |
labels | A comma separated list of labels to apply to the pull request. | (no label) |
One will usually run this action on a cron basis (say, every day or week)
Action outputs
Name | Description |
---|---|
has_pr | true if changes were found and a pull request was created or updated, false otherwise. |
pr_number | The number of the pull requested created or updated, if applies. |
pr_status | Can be either created or updated depending on whether the pull request was created or updated. |
Contributing
Edit / add GraphQL queries and mutations
src/generated
folder contains generated type definitions based on queries. Run npm run graphql
to update.
Release a version
npm run lint
npm run build
npm run pack
Or shortly
npm run all
Then bump version number in package.json
and package-lock.json
. Push commits.
Keep a major version tag synchronized with updates, e.g. if you publish version v2.0.3
, then a v2
branch should be positioned at the same location.