README.md

"Closed Issue Message" Action for GitHub Actions

This action sets a default message to be commented on all issues or pull requests when they get closed.

Usage

Add a YAML workflow file into your repository under .github/workflows. This workflow file follows the standard workflow syntax for Github Actions.

For a list of options and their description, see action.yml.

Example Workflow

name: Closed Issue Message
on:
    issues:
       types: [closed]
jobs:
    auto_comment:
        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
        steps:
        - uses: aws-actions/closed-issue-message@v1
            with:
            # These inputs are both required
            repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
            message: "Comments on closed issues are hard for our team to see." 

You can do a multi line comment by using a pipe:

message: |
         ### ⚠️COMMENT VISIBILITY WARNING⚠️ 
         Comments on closed issues are hard for our team to see. 
         If you need more assistance, please either tag a team member or open a new issue that references this one. 
         If you wish to keep having a conversation with other community members under this issue feel free to do so.
                                    

Security

See CONTRIBUTING for more information.

License

This project is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License.