rajbos / rajbos/github-actions-requests
Control the name of the forks
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- Dominant language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 13
- Forks
- 14
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
A lot of actions have a less descriptive name for the repo, since the owner part gives more information, for example:
- uses: blackducksoftware/github-action
- uses: actions/github-script
Forking them copies over the repo name, but doesn't capture their owners name, so the examples above become:
- uses: rajbos-actions-test/github-action
- uses: rajbos-actions-test/github-script
This is not very descriptive for the end user who need to add this into their workflows.
Proposal: add the owner- in front of the forked repo name so the examples become this:
- uses: rajbos-actions-test/blackducksoftware-github-action
- uses: rajbos-actions-test/actions-github-script
This will still not be a 100% solution, but already improves. Maybe we can add a parameter for it later, when we use an issue template for the requestor to follow.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the implementation that creates or renames forked repositories and inspect how the source action name is currently derived. Update the naming behavior so the owner is included before the forked repository name, then run the repository's existing tests or checks and verify the examples in this issue.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- ci-cd
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100