name: Write changelog for dependabot PR on: pull_request: types: - opened - reopened # For debugging! permissions: # Needed to be able to push the commit. See # https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/working-with-dependabot/automating-dependabot-with-github-actions#enable-auto-merge-on-a-pull-request # for a similar example contents: write jobs: add-changelog: runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest' if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }} steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v3 with: ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }} - name: Write, commit and push changelog run: | echo "${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}." > "changelog.d/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}".misc git add changelog.d git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com" git config user.name "GitHub Actions" git commit -m "Changelog" git push shell: bash # The `git push` above does not trigger CI on the dependabot PR. # # By default, workflows can't trigger other workflows when they're just using the # default `GITHUB_TOKEN` access token. (This is intended to stop you from writing # recursive workflow loops by accident, because that'll get very expensive very # quickly.) Instead, you have to manually call out to another workflow, or else # make your changes (i.e. the `git push` above) using a personal access token. # See # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/triggering-a-workflow#triggering-a-workflow-from-a-workflow # # I have tried and failed to find a way to trigger CI on the "merge ref" of the PR. # See git commit history for previous attempts. If anyone desperately wants to try # again in the future, make a matrix-bot account and use its access token to git push. # THIS WORKFLOW HAS WRITE PERMISSIONS---do not add other jobs here unless they # are sufficiently locked down to dependabot only as above.