Rerun Checks — GitHub Actions

What is it ?

A GitHub action that reruns specified GitHub checks for a pull request. This action is useful for re-triggering checks without needing to push new commits to the pull request.

Usage

Classic usage

on:
  pull_request_review:
    types: [ submitted ]

jobs:
  rerun_checks:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Rerun specified checks
    if: github.event.review.state == 'approved'
    steps:
      - name: Rerun Checks
        uses: shqear93/rerun-checks@v1
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          check-names: 'check1, check2' # Replace with the names of the jobs you want to rerun

Inputs

Action inputs

Name	Description	Required	Default
github-token	Token that is used to interact with GitHub	✅
check-names	Comma-separated list of check names to rerun	✅
target-branch	Branch for which checks should be rerun	❌	the head ref of the pull request, default branch

Permissions

Depending on the permissions granted to your token, you may lack some rights. To run successfully, this actions at least requires the following permissions:

permissions:
  pull-requests: write 

Contributing

If you have suggestions for how rerun-checks could be improved, or want to report a bug, open a pull-request! I'd love all and any contributions.

License

MIT © Khaled AbuShqear