_Context:_
Normally, all open issues/PRs in the repository that's running this
action are retrieved then all the label, assignee, milestone, etc. criteria
you provide to the action are applied. Unfortunately, this limits the action
to only those issues and PRs in this repository. It also prevents operating
on only a subset of issues or PRs that can't be filtered by the existing
action criteria. A good example of this are PRs that are in a
`review:changes_requested` state. While additional filtering criteria could
be added to the action, it would result in additional callbacks to GitHub
which could trigger rate-limits to be applied.
_Purpose:_
This option is an array of one or more standard [GitHub Issues and
Pull Requests search queries]
(https://docs.github.com/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-issues-and-pull-requests)
which will be used to retrieve the set of issues/PRs to test and take action
on. These queries will be used in place of the default retrieval of all open
issues and PRs for the context's owner/repo. It can be used to expand or
limit the set of issues and PRs operated on beyond what is retuned by the
standard query. When the retrieval is complete, all the other label,
assignee, milestone, etc. criteria will be applied.
You may also use this option to improve performance when you have a large number
of open issues or PRs but only a small subset might be eligible for action. For
instance, let's say you have 1000 open issues in your repository but only those
with label `auto-closable` should ever be automatically marked as stale or
closed. By default, this action would retrieve all 1000 issues _and all open
PRs_ and iterate over them looking for the label you specified in the
`only-issues-label` parameter. If you use the `only-matching-filter` parameter
with `repo:myorg/myrepo is:issue label:auto-closable` this would limit the
download to just those issues you _know_ should have further criteria
applied.
_Syntax:_
```
only-matching-filter: [ "<query_string>", ... ]
```
Or if there's only one query string...
```
only-matching-filter: '<query_string>'
```
_Examples:_
To operate only on the open PRs in your organization that have a review state of
`changes_requested`:
```
only-matching-filter: 'org:myorg is:pr is:open review:changes_requested'
```
Since there's only one query specified, you can omit the array syntax and just
specify the string directly.
GitHub only allows boolean logic and grouping in a Code Searches not in Issues
and Pull Requests searches so there's no way to do an "OR" operation but you
can get around this to a limited degree by specifying multiple search queries
in the form of a string array. Each query is run separately and the results are
accumulated and duplicates removed before any further processing is done.
To retrieve all of the open PRs in your organization that have a review state of
`changes_requested` or a label named `submitter-action-required`, you'd use:
```
only-matching-filter: '[ "org:myorg is:pr is:open review:changes_requested", "org:myorg is:pr is:open label:submitter-action-required" ]'
```
_Notes:_
* Each query is checked to ensure it contains an `owner:`, `org:`, `user:` or
`repo:` search term. If it doesn't, the search will automatically be scoped
to the owner and repository in the context to prevent accidental global
searches. If the request doesn't already contain an `is:open` search term,
it will automatically be added as well.
* If using the array form, the value of this parameter MUST be valid JSON
which means using double quotes around each query string, not single quotes.
Default value: '[]'
Resolves: #1143
* chore(assignees): add logs
* docs(readme): use the override syntax to simplify the reading
* docs(readme): add missing default options
* docs(readme): add 3 new options to ignore activity before stale
* chore(action): add 3 new options
* fix(removeStaleWhenUpdated): use the value of the action config as expected
Fixes#451
* chore(main): add 3 new options
* feat(ignore): add new class to ignore all activities before stale
* feat(option): add new options to ignore all activities before stale
* chore(index): update index file
* docs(readme): fix typo
* docs(readme): add missing empty row
* chore(rebase): fix logger issues due to rebase
* chore: aplly changes due to rebase
* refactor(naming): change the name of the options as suggested
* chore(logs): reverse the logs as well
* docs(readme): format the table of options
* refactor(naming): rename the the options
* style(rename): rename more updates wording to activities
* build(ci): run the test step as expected for a CI
instead of using a real linter with auto fix and the tests verbose as fuck
* chore: handle breaking changes due to new changes
* refactor(naming): rename and reverse the options
* style(tests): use plural for some describe
* docs(days-before-stale): list the new option
* chore(index): update index file
* chore: keep static methods on top
* chore(logs): remove useless log
* feat(assignees): add new option to avoid stale for assignees
closes#271
* test: add more coverage
* docs: fix readme format issue
* docs: reorder and enhance typo
* docs(contributing): add more information about the npm scripts
* refactor: move and rename the interfaces/classes
closes#272
* docs: update the readme and action to describe the new options for milestones
* refactor: split the tests into multiple files
* feat(milestones): add new options to exempt all milestones
* test: add coverage for the default values
* test(milestones): add more coverage (wip)
* test(milestones): add more coverage for the multiple exempt milestones
* test: reduce duplicated code
* test: change some describes
* test: add more coverage
* test: add more coverage
* test: add final coverage
* build(tsc): add missing project flag to build with the right tsconfig
* test(milestones): use each to reduce the complexity of the tests
* chore: fix an eslint issue with prettier on windows
the end of line was wrong each time the os process the files
* docs: move the contribution section to a dedicated file
add more content to help the debug
* chore: make sure the rebase is ok
George Joseph