Actions to automate GitHub backlog and Kanban

Versioning

master

Master contains current development work and should not be used by production templates.

Reviewed changes should be tested on master branch before their release to a versioned branch.

v1, v2, ... vn

Versioned release branches. Always use the latest. Extensions are allowed; breaking changes requires creating a new version branch.

All actions should be consumed from these branches.

Actions

LogPayload - Log payload to console

PullRequestClosed - Move card after merging a pull request

PullRequestCreated - Create Jira Issue for PR without issue reference

RequestReview - Move card when requesting review and assign it to the reviewer

SubmitReview - Move card after submitting a review

ToggleLockBranch - Lock or Unlock branch to prevent merge of PRs.

Development notes

Setup Repox authentication token

1. Generate the npm-repox-token on repox.

2. Add the following line in .npmrc in your HOME folder:

   If npm-repox-token is base64 encoded:

   //repox.jfrog.io/artifactory/api/npm/npm/:_auth = <npm-repox-token>

   If not:

   //repox.jfrog.io/artifactory/api/npm/npm/:_authToken = <npm-repox-token>

   More info: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v9/configuring-npm/npmrc#auth-related-configuration

/node_modules/ dependencies

The /node_modules/ files that are part of the GIT repo:

• Must contain production dependencies for the actions to run.
• Must NOT contain development and testing dependencies, as those bring 10k+ small files that takes ages to check out on every action run.

Dependency update:

1. Delete /node_module/.
2. Comment out /node_module/ exclusion in .gitignore file.
3. Run npm install --omit=dev to restore only production dependencies into the /node_module/.
4. Commit all changes.
5. Uncomment /node_module/ exclusion in .gitignore file.
6. Run npm install to get all remaining files for local development.
7. Commit changes to .package-lock.json file.

Run Octokit action from PowerShell:

This syntax allows setting environment variables with hyphens in the name:

${env:NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED}="0"
${env:GITHUB_REPOSITORY}="SonarSource/<YourRepoName>"
${env:INPUT_GITHUB-TOKEN}="ghp_...."
${env:INPUT_PARAM}="True"
${env:INPUT_PARAM-NAME-WITH-HYPHEN}="Value"
clear; node .\dist\ActionName\ActionName.js

NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED is unsafe and needed due to custom certificate in our network chain. It should be used only in short-lived console session.

Local debugging

Create .vscode/launch.json file, update program path to FIXME startup file and start debugging:

{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
    {
      "program": "${workspaceFolder}/dist/FIXME/FIXME.js",
      "type": "node",
      "request": "launch",
      "name": "Launch",
      "preLaunchTask": "tsc: build - tsconfig.json",
      "outFiles": [ "${workspaceFolder}/dist/**/*.js" ]
    }
  ]
}