Godocit

Create documentation needed issues across different repositories

NOTE: This is a work-in-progress, we do not consider it production ready. Use at your own risk.

When a PR introduces a new feature that requires documentation, this action can automatically create an issue on your website's repository to add documentation for that new feature.

Using Godocit

For using godocit you first need to create a Github App and install it on your user or organization that has write access to the target repository. For more information read the "Authenticating with GitHub Apps" page.

Note: The generated private key for the GitHub Action should be stored in a secret named PrivateKey on the source repository. For more information about secrets, read the Creating and using encrypted secrets page.

After creating the app and installing it on your user or organization, write the following config in .github/workflows/godocit.yml file in your source repository:

name: CI

on: 
  pull_request:
    types: [labeled]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Create the documentation issues
      uses: okkur/[email protected]
      with:
        targetRepo: 'USER/REPO'
      env:
        PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.PrivateKey }}
        INSTALLATION_ID: ${{ secrets.InstallationID }}

Replace the targetRepo input with the target repository's name. Then after activating the action on the source repository, create the PrivateKey and InstallationID secrets on the source repository and fill them with the GitHub App's Private Key and Installation ID.

Now that GitHub Action, workflow and the secrets are setup, you can add the "documentation needed" label. Then a job will get activated and creates a "Documentation Needed" issue on the target repository.

Support

For detailed information on support options see our support guide.

Helping out

Best place to start is our contribution guide.

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