Blocking Issues
ActionsA GitHub action to label issues and PRs when they're blocked by another issue or PR.
- When triggered by an open PR: Checks for blocking issues in the PR text (
Blocked by #X, #Y, #Z) - When triggered by a closed issue: Checks for other PRs that were blocked by this issue and updates them
Add this file to .github/workflows/blocking-issues.yml:
name: Blocking Issues
on:
issues:
types: [opened, edited, deleted, transferred, closed, reopened]
pull_request_target:
types: [opened, edited, closed, reopened]
jobs:
blocking_issues:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
name: Checks for blocking issues
steps:
- uses: Levi-Lesches/blocking-issues@v1
with:
# Optional: Configure the label applied to blocked issues
# NOTE: Changing these values after the bot has been deployed may result in undefined
# behavior as the bot will be unable to find blocked issues. Be sure to change the settings
# in the GitHub UI for the existing label first before changing here.
label-name: blocked
label-color: 000000
label-description: This PR is waiting for one or more issues to be closed.This action will not re-block a PR if the issue is reopened, and will throw an error if the issue cannot be found. Simply edit the PR description to re-run the bot. For a demonstration, see the issues and pull requests under https://github.com/Levi-Lesches/blocking-issues-test.
Blocking Issues is not certified by GitHub. It is provided by a third-party and is governed by separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support documentation.
Blocking Issues is not certified by GitHub. It is provided by a third-party and is governed by separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support documentation.