Update issue body

A GitHub action to update issue's body.

This is heavily based on peter-evans/create-or-update-comment.

Usage

Replace issue body

- name: Update Issue Body
  uses: julien-deramond/update-issue-body@v1
  with:
    issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
    body: |
      **Edit**: Some new content
    edit-mode: replace

Append content to issue body

- name: Append Issue Body
  uses: julien-deramond/update-issue-body@v1
  with:
    issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
    body: |
      **Edit**: Append some new content separated by a space
    edit-mode: append
    append-separator: space

Prepend content to issue body

- name: Prepend Issue Body
  uses: julien-deramond/update-issue-body@v1
  with:
    issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
    body: |
      **Edit**: Prepend some new content separated by a space
    edit-mode: prepend
    prepend-separator: space

Action inputs

Name	Description	Default
token	GITHUB_TOKEN (issues: write) or a repo scoped PAT.	GITHUB_TOKEN
repository	The full name of the repository in which to update the issue body.	Current repository
issue-number	The number of the issue to be updated.
body	The issue body.
edit-mode	The mode when updating the issue body, replace, append or prepend.	append
append-separator	The separator to use when appending to an existing issue body. (newline, space, none)	newline
prepend-separator	The separator to use when prepending to an existing issue body. (newline, space, none)	newline

Accessing issues in other repositories

You can update issue body in another repository by using a PAT instead of GITHUB_TOKEN. The user associated with the PAT must have write access to the repository.

Sponsors

License

MIT