GHA: Automation of a Repository Activity Digest

[ExperimentsInHonesty]

Overview

We need an automation that open source repository managers can install, in order to understand the activity over a defined period (e.g., a week, month, etc.).

Action Items

• Tasks for Admin staff
  • [x] draft a proposal
  • [x] ask team members to review
  • [ ] add it to the contribution opportunities for members
• Tasks for Members
  • [ ] Identify what value you would get from features already defined
  • [ ] Identify if there are other things you would like the automation to do
  • [ ] Volunteer to build (self assign the issue to yourself)

Resources/Instructions

• GitHub Actions supports Node.js, Python, JavaScript, Java, Ruby, PHP, Go, Rust, .NET, and more.

History

• @ExperimentsInHonesty
  • sourced a potential candidate: https://github.com/abhijeetps/weekly-digest
  • tested functionality
  • identified that it was not functional
  • determined other people had found it to be non-functional since August 2022
  • opened issue on the repo (received no response)
  • discussed options with team
  • drafted this issue to build our own and make it available via the GitHub Actions Marketplace