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https://github.com/shenxianpeng/used-by

Create and update Used By badge by leveraging GitHub's dependencies information via a pull request.
https://github.com/shenxianpeng/used-by

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Create and update Used By badge by leveraging GitHub's dependencies information via a pull request.

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# Used By

[![Used by](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Used%20by&message=4&color=informational&logo=slickpic)](https://github.com/shenxianpeng/used-by/network/dependents)
[![main](https://github.com/shenxianpeng/used-by/actions/workflows/main.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/shenxianpeng/used-by/actions/workflows/main.yml)
[![pre-commit](https://github.com/shenxianpeng/used-by/actions/workflows/pre-commit.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/shenxianpeng/used-by/actions/workflows/pre-commit.yml)
[![codecov](https://codecov.io/github/shenxianpeng/used-by/graph/badge.svg?token=QDO4MCI87B)](https://codecov.io/github/shenxianpeng/used-by)

Create and update Used By badge by leveraging GitHub's dependencies information via a pull request.

## Usage

### Run as GitHub Action

Create a new GitHub Actions workflow in your project, e.g. at `.github/workflows/used-by.yml`

```yaml
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: shenxianpeng/used-by@main # or tag
with:
repo: '${{ github.repository }}' # current repository
update-badge: 'true'

# create pull request if changed
- name: Create Pull Request
uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
with:
add-paths: "README.md" # the file path to commit
commit-message: "chore: update used-by badge by github-actions[bot]"
title: "chore: automatic update used-by badge"
base: main
labels: documentation
delete-branch: true
```

> [!IMPORTANT]
> To create pull request with `peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6` requires changing [Workflow permissions](https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request?tab=readme-ov-file#workflow-permissions) to **Read and write permissions** and enabling **Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests**.

## Required Inputs

### `repo`:
* Description: GitHub repository name. e.g. shenxianpeng/used-by. Defaults to shenxianpeng/used-by.
* Default: 'shenxianpeng/used-by'

## Optional Inputs

### `file-path`:
* Description: The path to file. Defaults to README.md.
* Default: 'README.md'

### `badge-label`:
* Description: The badge display name. Defaults to Used by.
* Default: 'Used by'

### `badge-color`:
* Description: The badge display color. Defaults to informational.
* Default: 'informational'

### `badge-logo`:
* Description: The badge display color. Defaults to slickpic.
* Default: 'slickpic'

### `update-badge`:
* Description: The badge display color. Defaults to false.
* Default: 'false'

For supported values of `badge-label`, `badge-color` and `badge-logo`, see https://shields.io/badges/static-badge

### Install `used-by` CLI

```bash
pip install git+https://github.com/shenxianpeng/used-by.git@main
```

### Help of `used-by` CLI

```bash
used-by --help
usage: used-by [-h] [--repo REPO] [--file-path FILE_PATH] [--badge-label BADGE_LABEL] [--badge-color BADGE_COLOR] [--badge-logo BADGE_LOGO] [--update-badge UPDATE_BADGE]

Generate a Used By badge from GitHub dependents information.

options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--repo REPO GitHub repository name (e.g., shenxianpeng/used-by).
--file-path FILE_PATH
The path to the file where the badge will be added. Defaults to README.md.
--badge-label BADGE_LABEL
The badge display name. Defaults to Used by.
--badge-color BADGE_COLOR
The badge display color. Defaults to informational.
--badge-logo BADGE_LOGO
The badge display logo. Defaults to slickpic.
--update-badge UPDATE_BADGE
Add or update badge if set. Defaults to False.
```

### Run `used-by` CLI

```bash
# generate markdown makeup text by default
$ used-by --repo shenxianpeng/used-by
```

## Add Used By badge in README

Copy following content to show Used By badge in your repository README.

[![Used by](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Used%20by&message=4&color=informational&logo=slickpic)](https://github.com/shenxianpeng/used-by/network/dependents)

**Markdown**

```
[![Used by](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Used%20by&message=4&color=informational&logo=slickpic)](https://github.com/shenxianpeng/used-by/network/dependents)
```

**reStructuredText**

```
.. image:: https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Used%20by&message=0&color=informational&logo=slickpic
:target: https://github.com/shenxianpeng/used-by/network/dependents
:alt: used-by
```

## License

[MIT](LICENSE) © 2024-present Xianpeng Shen