This GitHub Action approves and attempts to merge Pull Requests when triggered. Cloned from ridedott/merge-me-action
By using branch protection rules, it can be specified what the requirements are for a PR to be merged (e.g. require branches to be up to date, require status checks to pass).
The Action supports three run triggers:
check_suite
(works only on the default branch).pull_request_target
for all branches.workflow_run
for all branches.
When using the Merge Me! Action, ensure security of your workflows. GitHub
Security Lab provides more
detailed
overview of these risks involved in using pull_request_target
and
workflow_run
triggers, as well as recommendations on how to avoid these risks.
Recommended setup differs between public and private repositories, however the Action can be used in other combinations as well.
Using a workflow_run
trigger allows to provide the Merge Me! Action with
necessary credentials, while allowing the CI to keep using pull_request
trigger, which is safer than pull_request_target
.
Create a new .github/workflows/merge-me.yaml
file:
name: Merge me!
on:
workflow_run:
types:
- completed
workflows:
# List all required workflow names here.
- 'Continuous Integration'
jobs:
merge-me:
name: Merge me!
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- # It is often a desired behavior to merge only when a workflow execution
# succeeds. This can be changed as needed.
if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
name: Merge me!
uses: defencedigital/design-system-mergeme-action@master
with:
# Depending on branch protection rules, a manually populated
# `GITHUB_TOKEN_WORKAROUND` secret with permissions to push to
# a protected branch must be used. This secret can have an arbitrary
# name, as an example, this repository uses `DOTTBOTT_TOKEN`.
#
# When using a custom token, it is recommended to leave the following
# comment for other developers to be aware of the reasoning behind it:
#
# This must be used as GitHub Actions token does not support pushing
# to protected branches.
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
Triggering on check_suite
is similar:
name: Merge me!
on:
check_suite:
types:
- completed
jobs:
merge-me:
name: Merge me!
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Merge me!
uses: defencedigital/design-system-mergeme-action@master
with:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
Private repositories are less prone to attacks, as only a restricted set of
accounts has access to them. At the same time, CIs in private repositories often
require access to secrets for other purposes as well, such as installing private
dependencies. For these reasons, it is recommended to use pull_request_target
trigger, which allows to combine regular CI checks and the Merge Me! Action into
one workflow:
name: Continuous Integration
on:
# Trigger on Pull Requests against the master branch.
pull_request_target:
branches:
- master
types:
- opened
- synchronize
# Trigger on Pull Requests to the master branch.
push:
branches:
- master
jobs:
# Add other CI jobs, such as testing and linting. The example test job
# showcases checkout settings which support `pull_request_target` and `push`
# triggers at the same time.
test:
name: Test
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v2
with:
# This adds support for both `pull_request_target` and `push` events.
ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
- name: Setup Node.js
uses: actions/setup-node@v2
with:
node-version: 16
registry-url: https://npm.pkg.github.com
- # This allows private dependencies from GitHub Packages to be installed.
# Depending on the setup, it might be required to use a personal access
# token instead.
env:
NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
name: Install dependencies
run: npm ci --ignore-scripts --no-audit --no-progress
- name: Test
run: npm run test
merge-me:
name: Merge me!
needs:
# List all required job names here.
- test
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Merge me!
uses: defencedigital/design-system-mergeme-action@master
with:
# Depending on branch protection rules, a manually populated
# `GITHUB_TOKEN_WORKAROUND` secret with permissions to push to
# a protected branch must be used. This secret can have an arbitrary
# name, as an example, this repository uses `DOTTBOTT_TOKEN`.
#
# When using a custom token, it is recommended to leave the following
# comment for other developers to be aware of the reasoning behind it:
#
# This must be used as GitHub Actions token does not support pushing
# to protected branches.
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
timeout-minutes: 5
You may have another bot that also creates PRs against your repository and you
want to automatically merge those. By default, this GitHub Action assumes the
bot is dependabot
. You can override the bot
name by changing the value of GITHUB_LOGIN
parameter:
jobs:
merge-me:
steps:
- name: Merge me!
uses: defencedigital/design-system-mergeme-action@master
with:
GITHUB_LOGIN: my-awesome-bot-r2d2
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
GITHUB_LOGIN
option supports
micromatch.
By default, this GitHub Action assumes merge method is SQUASH
. You can
override the merge method by changing the value of MERGE_METHOD
parameter (one
of MERGE
, SQUASH
or REBASE
):
jobs:
merge-me:
steps:
- name: Merge me!
uses: defencedigital/design-system-mergeme-action@master
with:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
MERGE_METHOD: MERGE
Presets enable additional functionality which can be used to better personalize default behavior of the Merge me! Action.
Available presets are:
DEPENDABOT_MINOR
- Merge only minor and patch dependency updates for pull requests created by Dependabot if the dependency version follows Semantic Versioning v2.DEPENDABOT_PATCH
- Merge only patch dependency updates for pull requests created by Dependabot if the dependency version follows Semantic Versioning v2.
jobs:
merge-me:
steps:
- name: Merge me!
uses: defencedigital/design-system-mergeme-action@master
with:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
PRESET: DEPENDABOT_PATCH
In case the merge action fails, by default it will automatically be retried up to three times using an exponential backoff strategy. This means, the first retry will happen 1 second after the first failure, while the second will happen 4 seconds after the previous, the third 9 seconds, and so on.
It's possible to configure the number of retries by providing a value for
MAXIMUM_RETRIES
(by default, the value is 3
).
jobs:
merge-me:
steps:
- name: Merge me!
uses: defencedigital/design-system-mergeme-action@master
with:
MAXIMUM_RETRIES: 2
There are cases in which manual changes are needed, for instance, in order to
make the CI pass or to solve some conflicts that Dependabot (or the bot you are
using) cannot handle. By default, this GitHub action will skip this case where
the author is not dependabot
(or the bot you
are using). This is often desirable as the author might prefer to get a code
review before merging the changes. For this, it checks whether all commits were
made by the original author and that the commit signature is valid.
It is possible to override this default behavior by setting the value of
ENABLED_FOR_MANUAL_CHANGES
to 'true'
.
jobs:
merge-me:
steps:
- name: Merge me!
uses: defencedigital/design-system-mergeme-action@master
with:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
ENABLED_FOR_MANUAL_CHANGES: 'true'
Important: Please note the single quotes around
true
.