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https://github.com/balazsorban44/nissuer

A GitHub Action for tried and tired maintainers.
https://github.com/balazsorban44/nissuer

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A GitHub Action for tried and tired maintainers.

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# nissuer

> Turn issues into non-issues quicker

A GitHub Action for tried and tired maintainers. This action is meant to help maintainers of open-source projects by automating some of the more tedious/repetitive tasks that come with the job.

## Features

nissuer comes with a default configuration, but you can override certain behaviors. Below is a list of features and the corresponding inputs.

### Handle unhelpful comments

- nissuer can hide "+1", "same issue", etc. comments on issues (partially based on [Refined GitHub](https://github.com/refined-github/refined-github/blob/c864a20b57bb433aaf3952f88d83c9fc481ae6ff/source/helpers/is-low-quality-comment.ts#L2-L3)). It won't hide comments from the repo organization members.
- nissuer can also update the hidden comment with a note from the maintainers, explaining to the user why the comment was hidden. This is used for education purposes, so hopefully the user will be more considerate in the future.

| Input | Description | Default Value |
| -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- |
| `comment-add-explainer` | Add an explainer to a comment that was marked as off-topic. | `true` |
| `comment-unhelpful-weight` | If an issue comment is below this rate, it will be marked as off-topic and hidden. | `0.3` |

### Validate reproduction URLs

- nissuer can close/comment/label/lock issues that do not have a valid reproduction URL
- nissuer validates the returned status code of a reproduction URL (for example a private GitHub repository will not be considered valid)

| Input | Description | Default Value |
| ---------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| `reproduction-comment` | Either a string or a path to a .md file inside the repository. | `.github/invalid-reproduction.md` |
| `reproduction-hosts` | Comma-separated list of hostnames allowed for reproductions. | `github.com` |
| `reproduction-blocklist` | Comma-separated list of regular expression string that are not allowed for reproductions. (Eg.: "github.com/.\*/fork-of-non-reproduction"') | |
| `reproduction-invalid-label` | Label to apply to issues without a valid reproduction. | `invalid-reproduction` |
| `reproduction-issue-labels` | Comma-separated list of issue labels. If configured, only verify reproduction URLs of issues with one of these labels present. A comma at the end will handle issues without any label as non-valid. | |
| `reproduction-link-section` | A regular expression string with "(.\*)" matching a valid URL in the issue body. The result is trimmed. | `### Link to reproduction(.*)### To reproduce` |

### Label Management

- nissuer can label issues based on the content of an issue. Add a select input, and nissuer will add a label based on the selection.
- nissuer can comment on issues based on labels on behalf of a maintainer. Avoid having to repeat yourself by writing up a comment for common cases

| Input | Description | Default Value |
| -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `label-comments` | Autocomment on issues based on the added label. It should be a JSON object, where the key is a label, and the value is a file path or a comment text. | `{"invalid reproduction": ".github/invalid-reproduction.md"}` |
| `label-area-prefix` | Only look for these labels when autolabeling based on the user selection. (Can be set to an empty string `""` to match all labels.) | `area:` |
| `label-area-match` | Whether to look for the label names or description, when matching. | `description` |
| `label-area-section` | A regular expression string with "(.\*)" matching a section in the issue body to look for user-selected areas. The result is trimmed. Labeling is skipped if this is not configured | |

### Notify about public security disclosures

- nissuer can detect if an issue about a potential vulnerability might have been opened publicly by accident and notify the maintainer about it.
- nissuer can also delete the issue automatically and send you all the details via a webhook. This can help avoid staying up late at night to fix a vulnerability that was not disclosed responsibly.

| Input | Description | Default Value |
| ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- |
| `webhook-url` | Webhook URL to send notifications to. | |
| `webhook-secret` | Secret to use for the webhook. It will be part of the JSON body of the request as `secret`. | |
| `delete-vulnerability-report` | Delete the vulnerability report after sending it to the webhook. | `false` |

## Usage

Here is a minimal setup of nissuer. Add a workflow (eg. `.github/workflows/nissuer.yml`):

```.github/workflows/nissuer.yml
name: Triage via nissuer

on:
issues:
types: [opened, labeled]
issue_comment:
types: [created]

permissions:
issues: write

env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

jobs:
issue-validator:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Nissuer
uses: balazsorban44/[email protected]
```

Add a comment file (by default we look for `.github/invalid-reproduction.md`):

> NOTE: Developers are coming to your project with all sorts of backgrounds/skill levels or understanding of the open-source world. Show empathy while using this action. 💚 We recommend adding comments that not only dismiss unhelpful issues/comments, but educate the user on how to be more helpful in the future.

```md
Thanks for opening an issue!

Unfortunately, we can't help you without a reproduction URL.

It was closed automatically, but feel free to reopen it once you have a reproduction URL.
```

A good example of a comment is in the [Next.js repository](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/.github/comments/invalid-link.md).