Automated Pull Request

.github/workflows/test-action.yml

@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@ name: Test Action
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
+    branches-ignore:
+      - 'main'
 
 jobs:
   test-action:
@@ -30,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           targetBranch: 'main'
           body: 'This is an automated pull request.'
           labels: 'invalid,wontfix'
-          assignees: 'octocat'
+          assignees: ${{ github.actor }}
 
       - name: Output PR URL
         run: echo "The PR URL is ${{ steps.create_pr.outputs.PRURL }}"

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# Remote Branch Action
+# Reliable Pull Request Action
+
+> *Reliable: Only uses built-in GitHub runner commands
 
 [![Test Action](https://github.com/JosiahSiegel/reliable-pull-request-action/actions/workflows/test-action.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/JosiahSiegel/reliable-pull-request-action/actions/workflows/test-action.yml)
 
@@ -67,4 +69,11 @@ inputs:
 outputs:
   PRURL:
     description: 'The URL of the created pull request'
-```
+```
+
+## Requirements
+
+The following permissions must be set for the repository:
+  * `Settings > Actions > General`
+  * ![](gh_workflow_permissions.png)
+*Alternative is to set [jobs.<job_id>.permissions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idpermissions)*

action.yml

@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ inputs:
 outputs:
   PRURL:
     description: 'The URL of the created pull request'
+    value: ${{ steps.create_pr.outputs.PR_URL }}
 runs:
   using: 'composite'
   steps:
     - name: Create Pull Request
+      id: create_pr
       shell: bash
       run: bash create-pr.sh
       env:

create-pr.sh

@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ PR_OUTPUT=$(gh pr create \
   --base "$INPUT_TARGETBRANCH" \
   --head "$INPUT_SOURCEBRANCH" \
   --label "$INPUT_LABELS" \
-  --assignee "$INPUT_ASSIGNEES")
+  --assignee "$INPUT_ASSIGNEES" 2>&1)
 
 # Extract PR URL from the output
 PR_URL=$(echo "$PR_OUTPUT" | grep -o 'https://github.com/[^ ]*')
 
 # Set the PR URL as the output
-echo "name=$PR_URL" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+echo "PR_URL=$PR_URL" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT