Note: Dependabot issues and pull requests are no longer supported. See the changes section below for details.

A GitHub Action for marking issues as dependent on another

It works with PRs and issues and supports cross-repository dependencies.

Create .github/workflows/dependent-issues.yml with the following content:

name: Dependent Issues

on:
  issues:
    types:
      - opened
      - edited
      - reopened
  pull_request_target:
    types:
      - opened
      - edited
      - reopened
      - synchronize
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 0 * * *' # schedule daily check

jobs:
  check:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: z0al/dependent-issues@v1
        env:
          # (Required) The token to use to make API calls to GitHub.
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          # (Optional) The label to use to mark dependent issues
          label: dependent

          # (Optional) Enable checking for dependencies in issues. Enable by
          # setting the value to "on". Default "off"
          check_issues: off

          # (Optional) A comma-separated list of keywords. Default
          # "depends on, blocked by"
          keywords: depends on, blocked by

Here how it can look like in practice:

• label (Optional): The label to use to mark dependent issues. Default dependent.
• check_issues (Optional): Enable checking for dependencies in issues. Enable by setting the value to on. Default off.
• keywords (Optional): A comma-separated list of keywords. Default depends on, blocked by.

• GITHUB_TOKEN (Required): The token to use to make API calls to GitHub.

• March 20, 2021: To avoid unnecessary failure due to insufficient permissions in Dependabot PRs, all Dependabot issues and pull requests are now ignored. This behavior is not configurable.

Special thanks to Jason Etcovitch for the original bot idea.

MIT © Ahmed T. Ali