From b34ce0d4e0da7486e13bcd976e942b24bccf3448 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ThiloteE <73715071+ThiloteE@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 19:31:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [WIP] Add GitHub action: Greetings.yml - Automates advice to
 JabRefs first time code contributors (#9272)

* Greetings.yml

Introduction for first time contributors to JabRef.
Triggers upon assignment and also upon first pull-request

* Add greetings message and removes trigger for PRs
---
 .github/workflows/greetings.yml | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/greetings.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/greetings.yml b/.github/workflows/greetings.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..13352cc38f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/greetings.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: Greetings
+
+on: 
+  issues:
+     types: assigned
+    
+jobs:
+  greeting:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/first-interaction@v1
+      with:
+        repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        issue-message: "As a general advice for newcomers: check out https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md for a start. Also, https://devdocs.jabref.org/getting-into-the-code/guidelines-for-setting-up-a-local-workspace is worth having a look at. Feel free to ask if you have any questions here on GitHub or also at JabRef's [Gitter](https://gitter.im/JabRef/jabref) chat.
+
+Try to open a (draft) pull request early on, so that people can see you are working on the issue and so that they can see the direction the pull request is heading towards. This way, you will likely receive valuable feedback."