prevent-file-change-action is a GitHub Action which allows you to force a workflow fail if a pull request attempts to modify a given file.
Syntax:
- name: Prevent file change
uses: xalvarez/prevent-file-change-action@v1
with:
githubToken: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
pattern: .*.example
trustedAuthors: xalvarez
Where pattern is a valid JavaScript regular expression matching filenames (including path) of files which must not be changed.
See: Regular Expressions
In the example above, files with .example extension won't be allowed to be changed.
Note: This Action supports pull request events only.
The required GITHUB_TOKEN permissions are: pull-requests: read. Therefore, you may configure your workflow or job's
permissions as follows:
permissions:
pull-requests: read
To work on this Action you first need to install npm dependencies:
npm i
Afterwards, apply any changes you want, write some tests and run all test by calling:
npm test
Once everything is fine run npm run all, which will also update dist files.
Prevent file change action's license can be found under LICENSE. Additionally, this repository was created using actions/typescript-action as template. Its license is included here:
The MIT License (MIT)
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