TOC Generator

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This is a GitHub Actions to generate TOC (Table of Contents),
which executes DocToc and commits if changed.

Table of Contents

Installation

1. Specify location of TOC (option)
   e.g. README.md

   <!-- START doctoc -->
   <!-- END doctoc -->
   

   detail
2. Setup workflow
   e.g. .github/workflows/toc.yml

   on: push
   name: TOC Generator
   jobs:
     generateTOC:
       name: TOC Generator
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       steps:
         - uses: technote-space/[email protected]
   

Screenshot

Options

Specify options individually

The options used for doctoc can be commented to specify values.
If you want to generate multiple TOCs with different settings, specify the values individually as follows.

e.g.

<!-- START doctoc -->
<!-- param::isNotitle::true:: -->
<!-- param::isCustomMode::true:: -->

<!-- END doctoc -->

...

Action event details

Target event

• The following activity types must be explicitly specified (detail)
  • labeled, unlabeled, closed

Conditions

condition1

• push to branch (not tag)
  • branch name (TARGET_BRANCH_PREFIX)

condition2

• specified labels included? (INCLUDE_LABELS)
• branch name (TARGET_BRANCH_PREFIX)

Addition

GITHUB_TOKEN

The GITHUB_TOKEN that is provided as a part of GitHub Actions doesn't have authorization to create any successive events.
So it won't spawn actions which triggered by push.

This can be a problem if you have branch protection configured.

If you want to trigger actions, use a personal access token instead.

1. Generate a personal access token with the public_repo or repo scope.
   (repo is required for private repositories).
2. Save as ACCESS_TOKEN
3. Add input to use ACCESS_TOKEN instead of GITHUB_TOKEN.
   e.g. .github/workflows/toc.yml

   on: push
   name: TOC Generator
   jobs:
     generateTOC:
       name: TOC Generator
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       steps:
         - uses: technote-space/[email protected]
           with:
             GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
   

Create PullRequest

If CREATE_PR is set to true, a PullRequest is created.

on: pull_request
name: TOC Generator
jobs:
  generateTOC:
    name: TOC Generator
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: technote-space/[email protected]
        with:
          CREATE_PR: true

If the closed activity type is set, this action closes the PR when it is no longer needed.

on:
  pull_request:
    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, closed]
name: TOC Generator
jobs:
  generateTOC:
    name: TOC Generator
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: technote-space/[email protected]

Context variables

Payload example

Context PR variables

• Context variables

Configuration Examples

Example 1

Execute actions at push without limiting the branch and commit directly

on: push
name: TOC Generator
jobs:
  generateTOC:
    name: TOC Generator
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: technote-space/[email protected]

Example 2

Create or update a Pull Request by executing actions on a Pull Request update only for branches starting with release/.

on:
  pull_request:
    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, closed]
name: TOC Generator
jobs:
  generateTOC:
    name: TOC Generator
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: technote-space/[email protected]
        with:
          CREATE_PR: true
          TARGET_BRANCH_PREFIX: release/

Example 3

Execute actions in the schedule for the default branch only and commit directly.
（Using the Token created for the launch of other workflows）

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 23 * * *"
name: TOC Generator
jobs:
  generateTOC:
    name: TOC Generator
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: technote-space/[email protected]
        with:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
          CHECK_ONLY_DEFAULT_BRANCH: true

Sample repositories using this Action

• Release GitHub Actions
  • toc.yml
• Auto card labeler
  • toc.yml
• Assign Author
  • toc.yml
• TOC Generator
  • toc.yml
• Package Version Check Action
  • toc.yml
• jina-ai/jina Change Log
  • autocommit.yml

Author

GitHub (Technote)
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