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hacktoberfest_prep

hacktoberfest_prep #1

# Daily refresh of the Hacktoberfest 2026 open-PR cleanup tracker.
# Ticks off any tracked pull request that has since been merged/closed, and
# rewrites the "Automated statistics" section (open issue/PR counts + the top
# three `awaiting reviews` directories). The job fails on purpose once
# Hacktoberfest 2026 has begun (>= 2026-10-01), which is the signal to retire it.
name: hacktoberfest_prep
on:
schedule:
- cron: "50 11 * * *" # 11:50 UTC every day
workflow_dispatch: # allow a manual run while testing
permissions:
contents: write
jobs:
hacktoberfest-prep:
# No point running on forks — this pushes to the repo's own docs file.
if: github.repository == 'TheAlgorithms/Python'
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v7
- uses: actions/setup-python@v7
with:
python-version-file: .python-version
allow-prereleases: true
- name: Install dependencies
run: python -m pip install --upgrade "httpx2>=2.0.1"
- name: Update the tracker
id: update
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
# Don't let the intentional post-Oct-1 failure stop the commit step;
# capture the exit code and re-raise it after pushing any changes.
run: |
set +e
python scripts/hacktoberfest_prep_update.py
echo "exit_code=$?" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
- name: Commit any changes
run: |
git config --global user.name "$GITHUB_ACTOR"
git config --global user.email "$GITHUB_ACTOR@users.noreply.github.com"
git add docs/hacktober_2026_prep.md
git commit -m "chore: refresh Hacktoberfest 2026 prep tracker" || echo "No changes to commit"
git push || echo "Nothing to push"
- name: Propagate the script's exit code
run: exit ${{ steps.update.outputs.exit_code }}