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98 changes: 80 additions & 18 deletions .github/workflows/lock.yml
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name: 'Lock Threads'
name: Close old issues and pull requests

on:
schedule:
- cron: '0 6 * * *'
workflow_dispatch:

permissions:
contents: read
issues: write
pull-requests: write

jobs:
lock:
permissions:
issues: write
pull-requests: write
close-old-threads:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest

steps:
- uses: dessant/lock-threads@v2.0.1
- uses: actions/github-script@v9
with:
github-token: ${{ github.token }}
issue-lock-inactive-days: '30'
issue-lock-comment: >
This issue has been automatically locked. To avoid confusion
with reports that have already been resolved, closed issues
are automatically locked 30 days after the last comment.
Please open a new issue for related bugs.
pr-lock-comment: >
This pull request has been automatically locked.
Pull requests that have been closed are automatically
locked 30 days after the last comment.
script: |
const cutoffDays = 30;
const exemptLabels = ['keep-open'];

const cutoff = new Date();
cutoff.setDate(cutoff.getDate() - cutoffDays);

const closeIssueMessage = `This issue has been automatically closed and locked.

Processing 3.x is no longer actively developed. Since January 2020, development moved to the Processing 4 repository.

If this issue is still relevant to Processing 4, we'd love to hear from you. Please open a new issue at:
https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/new/choose

Thank you for helping improve Processing.`;

const closePrMessage = `This pull request has been automatically closed and locked.

Processing 3.x is no longer actively developed. Since January 2020, development moved to the Processing 4 repository.

If you'd still like to contribute this work, please open an issue in the Processing 4 repository to discuss it first:
https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/new/choose

Thank you for your contribution.`;

const threads = await github.paginate(github.rest.issues.listForRepo, {
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
state: 'open',
per_page: 100,
sort: 'updated',
direction: 'asc'
});

for (const thread of threads) {
const updatedAt = new Date(thread.updated_at);

if (updatedAt > cutoff) {
continue;
}

const labels = thread.labels.map(label => label.name);
const isExempt = labels.some(label => exemptLabels.includes(label));

if (isExempt) {
continue;
}

const isPr = Boolean(thread.pull_request);
const body = isPr ? closePrMessage : closeIssueMessage;

await github.rest.issues.createComment({
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
issue_number: thread.number,
body
});

await github.rest.issues.update({
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
issue_number: thread.number,
state: 'closed',
state_reason: 'not_planned'
});

await github.rest.issues.lock({
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
issue_number: thread.number,
lock_reason: 'resolved'
});
}