GitHub Actions: Notify Go Module Major Version Updates #716
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When Go modules mature and their major version has exceeded one, the module path requires a version suffix, such as "/v2"[0]. Unfortunately, the Dependabot is unable to detect such a Go module major version bump for suffixed major versions[1], resulting in stalling dependencies. By introducing another GitHub Actions Workflow utilizing gomajor[2], those major version updates for Go modules can be identified. As a scheduled workflow, running each Monday morning, it will either create or update an open GitHub issue with all currently available major version updates for referenced Go modules. [0]: https://go.dev/ref/mod#major-version-suffixes [1]: dependabot/dependabot-core#2213 [2]: https://github.com/icholy/gomajor
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| name: Go Module Major Update Check | ||
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| - cron: '30 6 * * 1' # at 06:30 every Monday morning |
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I've used this trick myself and according to GH's eMails they're auto-suspending these jobs after the last code change and an mount of time I don't remember.
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When Go modules mature and their major version has exceeded one, the module path requires a version suffix, such as
/v2. Unfortunately, the Dependabot is unable to detect such a Go module major version bump for suffixed major versions, resulting in stalling dependencies - dependabot/dependabot-core#2213.By introducing another GitHub Actions Workflow utilizing gomajor, those major version updates for Go modules can be identified. As a scheduled workflow, running each Monday morning, it will either create or update an open GitHub issue with all currently available major version updates for referenced Go modules.
As a playground, I have forked this repository to another GitHub repository. Please feel free to take a look at its issue tracker. Issue oxzi/icingadb-go-mod-major-test#1, for example, shows how a new issue was first created and later re-used while it was still open. After it was closed, a new issue oxzi/icingadb-go-mod-major-test#2 was created and used afterwards, until this one was also closed.
An open issue will look like the following:
If this idea suits you, I can also submit this PR against our other Go projects.