Fix an issue where the bot doesn't ignore its own comments (#73)

__tests__/main.test.ts

@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ test('stale label should be removed if a comment was added to a stale issue', as
   const processor = new IssueProcessor(
     opts,
     async p => (p == 1 ? TestIssueList : []),
-    async (num, dt) => [{user: {type: 'User'}}], // return a fake comment so indicate there was an update
+    async (num, dt) => [{user: {login: 'notme', type: 'User'}}], // return a fake comment to indicate there was an update
     async (issue, label) => new Date().toDateString()
   );
 
@@ -505,6 +505,36 @@ test('stale label should be removed if a comment was added to a stale issue', as
   expect(processor.removedLabelIssues.length).toEqual(1);
 });
 
+test('stale label should not be removed if a comment was added by the bot (and the issue should be closed)', async () => {
+  github.context.actor = 'abot';
+  const TestIssueList: Issue[] = [
+    generateIssue(
+      1,
+      'An issue that should stay stale',
+      '2020-01-01T17:00:00Z',
+      false,
+      ['Stale']
+    )
+  ];
+
+  const opts = DefaultProcessorOptions;
+  opts.removeStaleWhenUpdated = true;
+
+  const processor = new IssueProcessor(
+    opts,
+    async p => (p == 1 ? TestIssueList : []),
+    async (num, dt) => [{user: {login: 'abot', type: 'User'}}], // return a fake comment to indicate there was an update by the bot
+    async (issue, label) => new Date().toDateString()
+  );
+
+  // process our fake issue list
+  await processor.processIssues(1);
+
+  expect(processor.closedIssues.length).toEqual(1);
+  expect(processor.staleIssues.length).toEqual(0);
+  expect(processor.removedLabelIssues.length).toEqual(0);
+});
+
 test('stale issues should not be closed until after the closed number of days', async () => {
   let lastUpdate = new Date();
   lastUpdate.setDate(lastUpdate.getDate() - 5);

dist/index.js

@@ -8570,8 +8570,9 @@ class IssueProcessor {
             this.operationsLeft -= 1;
             // find any comments since the stale label
             const comments = yield this.listIssueComments(issue.number, sinceDate);
-            // if there are any user comments returned, issue is not stale anymore
+            // if there are any user comments returned, and they were not by this bot, the issue is not stale anymore
-            return comments.filter(comment => comment.user.type === 'User').length > 0;
+            return (comments.filter(comment => comment.user.type === 'User' &&
+                comment.user.login !== github.context.actor).length > 0);
         });
     }
     // grab comments for an issue since a given date

src/IssueProcessor.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export interface Issue {
 
 export interface User {
   type: string;
+  login: string;
 }
 
 export interface Comment {
@@ -249,8 +250,14 @@ export class IssueProcessor {
     // find any comments since the stale label
     const comments = await this.listIssueComments(issue.number, sinceDate);
 
-    // if there are any user comments returned, issue is not stale anymore
+    // if there are any user comments returned, and they were not by this bot, the issue is not stale anymore
-    return comments.filter(comment => comment.user.type === 'User').length > 0;
+    return (
+      comments.filter(
+        comment =>
+          comment.user.type === 'User' &&
+          comment.user.login !== github.context.actor
+      ).length > 0
+    );
   }
 
   // grab comments for an issue since a given date