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ci: link the opened PR, and explain the PR-permission failure #84

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15 changes: 15 additions & 0 deletions .github/workflows/update-template-pins.yml
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Expand Up @@ -80,6 +80,21 @@ jobs:
delete-branch: true
labels: dependencies

- name: Link the pull request
if: steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-operation == 'created' || steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-operation == 'updated'
env:
OPERATION: ${{ steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-operation }}
URL: ${{ steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-url }}
run: echo "::notice title=Pull request ${OPERATION}::$URL"

- name: Explain a failure to create the pull request
if: failure() && steps.cpr.outcome == 'failure'
run: |
url="$GITHUB_SERVER_URL/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/settings/actions"
msg="If the error is 'GitHub Actions is not permitted to create or approve pull requests': open $url, check 'Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests' under 'Workflow permissions', save, and re-run this workflow."
echo "::error title=Could not create the pull request::$msg"
echo "$msg" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"

- name: Run tests on the pull request
# A pull request opened with GITHUB_TOKEN gets `pull_request` runs held for
# approval, but `workflow_dispatch` runs right away, on the PR head.
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13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions project_name/.github/workflows/deps-update.yml
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Expand Up @@ -127,6 +127,19 @@ jobs:
branch: deps/update
delete-branch: true
labels: dependencies
- name: Link the pull request
if: steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-operation == 'created' || steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-operation == 'updated'
env:
OPERATION: ${{ steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-operation }}
URL: ${{ steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-url }}
run: echo "::notice title=Pull request ${OPERATION}::$URL"
- name: Explain a failure to create the pull request
if: failure() && steps.cpr.outcome == 'failure'
run: |
url="$GITHUB_SERVER_URL/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/settings/actions"
msg="If the error is 'GitHub Actions is not permitted to create or approve pull requests': open $url, check 'Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests' under 'Workflow permissions', save, and re-run this workflow."
echo "::error title=Could not create the pull request::$msg"
echo "$msg" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
- name: Run tests on the pull request
# A pull request opened with GITHUB_TOKEN gets `pull_request` runs held for
# approval, but `workflow_dispatch` runs right away, on the PR head.
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