Auto-Mention provider code owner

[jpbede]

I'm currently thinking about a GH action, which parses the CODEOWNERS file and mentions the user automatically when a PR is created which for he/she is a owner. This is something GH already has but it requires write-access for the code owners to the repo. With a GH action this is not necessary.

I think this would enhance your workflow @tlimoncelli :)

If you like the idea, i would figure this out and create a action

[tlimoncelli]

That would be great and would save me time for sure.

CC: @MaxHorstmann

[MaxHorstmann]

Agreed, great idea @jpbede! I'd be happy to work with you on that.

[jpbede]

Perfect :) I already started something, it is now a GH app so the username, who comments the PR, is not "github-actions". I need to clean up the code a bit and then i can release it.

[jpbede]

Would look like this

[MaxHorstmann]

Sure, that's fine! 👍 Could also request a review from that person.

[jpbede]

Code is at https://github.com/jpbede/codeowners-mention and app at https://github.com/apps/codeowners-mention

[MaxHorstmann]

@jpbede thanks for working on this!

GitHub might have just built the same feature - check this out:

[jpbede]

Yea as far as i understood, this only works when the user, mentioned in CODEOWNERS, also has write access to the repository. I may missunderstood this also.