Welcome

Welcome new users by creating a comment in the first time issue/PR

Usage

Create a .github/workflows/welcome.yml file in the repository you want to install this action, then add the following to it:

name: Welcome
on:
  pull_request:
    types: [opened, closed]
  issues:
    types: [opened]
jobs:
  run:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: wow-actions/welcome@v1
        with:
          FIRST_ISSUE: |
            👋 @{{ author }}
             Thanks for opening your first issue here! Be sure to follow the issue template!

          FIRST_PR: |
            👋 @{{ author }}
            Thanks for opening this pull request! Please check out our contributing guidelines.

          FIRST_PR_MERGED: |
            🎉 @{{ author }}
            Congrats on merging your first pull request! We here at behaviorbot are proud of you!

          STAR_MESSAGE: If you like this project, please ⭐star⭐ our repo.

Inputs

Various inputs are defined to let you configure the action:

Note: Workflow command and parameter names are not case-sensitive.

Name	Description	Default
GITHUB_TOKEN	The GitHub token for authentication.	${{ github.token }}
FIRST_ISSUE or FIRST_ISSUE_COMMENT	Comment to be posted to on first time issues.
FIRST_ISSUE_REACTIONS	Reactions to be add to comment on first time issues.
FIRST_PR or FIRST_PR_COMMENT	Comment to be posted to on PRs from first time contributors in your repository.
FIRST_PR_REACTIONS	Reactions to be add to comment on PRs from first time contributors in your repository.
FIRST_PR_MERGED or FIRST_PR_MERGED_COMMENT	Comment to be posted to on pull requests merged by a first time user.
FIRST_PR_MERGED_REACTIONS	Reactions to be add to comment on pull requests merged by a first time user.
STAR_MESSAGE	Message in the comment to tip non-stargazers to star our repo.

Available reactions:

content	emoji
+1	👍
-1	👎
laugh	😄
confused	😕
heart	❤️
hooray	🎉
rocket	🚀
eyes	👀

Other examples

Config for First Issue

name: Welcome
on:
  issues:
    types: [opened]
jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: wow-actions/welcome@v1
        with:
          FIRST_ISSUE_REACTIONS: '+1, hooray, rocket, heart'
          FIRST_ISSUE_COMMENT: |
            👋 @{{ author }}
             Thanks for opening your first issue here! Be sure to follow the issue template!

Config for First PR

name: Welcome
on:
  pull_request:
    types: [opened]
jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: wow-actions/welcome@v1
        with:
          FIRST_PR_REACTIONS: '+1, hooray, rocket, heart'
          FIRST_PR_COMMENT: |
            👋 @{{ author }}
            Thanks for opening this pull request! Please check out our contributing guidelines.

License

The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License