Delete merged branch

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A GitHub app built with Probot that automatically deletes a branch after it's merged. That's it, enjoy!

Running it locally

1. First, follow these instructions for making your own GitHub app. Give your app the following permissions:

   • Repository contents: Read & Write.
   • Pull requests: Read

2. Then, clone the repo:

git clone [email protected]:SvanBoxel/delete-merged-branch.git

3. Copy .env.example to .env and set the right environment variables as here

4. Now, install app dependencies and run it:

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run the bot
npm start

How it works

This GitHub app listens to the pull_request.closed webhook. If a pull request is closed and the connected branch is merged, it will delete the branch.

Configuration

The optional app configuration YAML file should be saved as .github/delete-merged-branch-config.yml. At the moment it supports the following options:

• exclude (array) - list of branches that should not be automatically deleted after a merge.

Example .github/delete-merged-branch-config.yml:

exclude: 
  - development
  - qa

Release process

CI (Travis) is in charge of releasing new versions of the GitHub Application to Now. On every new commit to master we run semantic-release to determine whether the major/minor/patch version should be incremented. If so, we update the version running in production.

Running in GitHub actions

This app is compatible with GitHub Actions. You need to create a workflow that is triggered on the pull_request event for this. Then, you use this repo for the action. (SvanBoxel/delete-merged-branch@master). Don't forget to check the GITHUB_TOKEN secret. That's it.

Contributing

If you have suggestions for how this GitHub app could be improved, or want to report a bug, open an issue! We'd love all and any contributions.

For more, check out the Contributing Guide.

License

ISC © 2018 Sebass van Boxel [email protected]

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