Allow for issues/PRs to be closed after manually being marked as stale (#103)

Previously this action would stop and skip all issues or pull requests
it found if no `stale-issue-message | stale-pr-message` option had
been configured.

Configuring `days-before-stale: -1` will activate that behaviour.

__tests__/main.test.ts

@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ function generateIssue(
   };
 }
 
-const DefaultProcessorOptions: IssueProcessorOptions = {
+const DefaultProcessorOptions: IssueProcessorOptions = Object.freeze({
   repoToken: 'none',
   staleIssueMessage: 'This issue is stale',
   stalePrMessage: 'This PR is stale',
+  closeIssueMessage: 'This issue is being closed',
+  closePrMessage: 'This PR is being closed',
   daysBeforeStale: 1,
   daysBeforeClose: 30,
   staleIssueLabel: 'Stale',
@@ -44,8 +46,9 @@ const DefaultProcessorOptions: IssueProcessorOptions = {
   onlyLabels: '',
   operationsPerRun: 100,
   debugOnly: true,
-  removeStaleWhenUpdated: false
-};
+  removeStaleWhenUpdated: false,
+  ascending: false
+});
 
 test('empty issue list results in 1 operation', async () => {
   const processor = new IssueProcessor(
@@ -106,6 +109,31 @@ test('processing an issue with no label will make it stale and not close it if d
   expect(processor.closedIssues.length).toEqual(0);
 });
 
+test('processing an issue with no label will not make it stale if days-before-stale is set to -1', async () => {
+  const TestIssueList: Issue[] = [
+    generateIssue(1, 'An issue with no label', '2020-01-01T17:00:00Z')
+  ];
+
+  const opts = {
+    ...DefaultProcessorOptions,
+    staleIssueMessage: '',
+    daysBeforeStale: -1
+  };
+
+  const processor = new IssueProcessor(
+    opts,
+    async p => (p == 1 ? TestIssueList : []),
+    async (num, dt) => [],
+    async (issue, label) => new Date().toDateString()
+  );
+
+  // process our fake issue list
+  await processor.processIssues(1);
+
+  expect(processor.staleIssues.length).toEqual(0);
+  expect(processor.closedIssues.length).toEqual(0);
+});
+
 test('processing an issue with no label will make it stale but not close it', async () => {
   // issue should be from 2 days ago so it will be
   // stale but not close-able, based on default settings
@@ -180,6 +208,60 @@ test('processing a stale PR will close it', async () => {
   expect(processor.closedIssues.length).toEqual(1);
 });
 
+test('processing a stale issue will close it even if configured not to mark as stale', async () => {
+  const TestIssueList: Issue[] = [
+    generateIssue(1, 'An issue with no label', '2020-01-01T17:00:00Z', false, [
+      'Stale'
+    ])
+  ];
+
+  const opts = {
+    ...DefaultProcessorOptions,
+    daysBeforeStale: -1,
+    staleIssueMessage: ''
+  };
+
+  const processor = new IssueProcessor(
+    opts,
+    async p => (p == 1 ? TestIssueList : []),
+    async (num, dt) => [],
+    async (issue, label) => new Date().toDateString()
+  );
+
+  // process our fake issue list
+  await processor.processIssues(1);
+
+  expect(processor.staleIssues.length).toEqual(0);
+  expect(processor.closedIssues.length).toEqual(1);
+});
+
+test('processing a stale PR will close it even if configured not to mark as stale', async () => {
+  const TestIssueList: Issue[] = [
+    generateIssue(1, 'An issue with no label', '2020-01-01T17:00:00Z', true, [
+      'Stale'
+    ])
+  ];
+
+  const opts = {
+    ...DefaultProcessorOptions,
+    daysBeforeStale: -1,
+    stalePrMessage: ''
+  };
+
+  const processor = new IssueProcessor(
+    opts,
+    async p => (p == 1 ? TestIssueList : []),
+    async (num, dt) => [],
+    async (issue, label) => new Date().toDateString()
+  );
+
+  // process our fake issue list
+  await processor.processIssues(1);
+
+  expect(processor.staleIssues.length).toEqual(0);
+  expect(processor.closedIssues.length).toEqual(1);
+});
+
 test('closed issues will not be marked stale', async () => {
   const TestIssueList: Issue[] = [
     generateIssue(
@@ -514,7 +596,7 @@ test('stale label should be removed if a comment was added to a stale issue', as
     )
   ];
 
-  const opts = DefaultProcessorOptions;
+  const opts = {...DefaultProcessorOptions};
   opts.removeStaleWhenUpdated = true;
 
   const processor = new IssueProcessor(
@@ -544,7 +626,7 @@ test('stale label should not be removed if a comment was added by the bot (and t
     )
   ];
 
-  const opts = DefaultProcessorOptions;
+  const opts = {...DefaultProcessorOptions};
   opts.removeStaleWhenUpdated = true;
 
   const processor = new IssueProcessor(
@@ -574,7 +656,7 @@ test('stale issues should not be closed until after the closed number of days',
     )
   ];
 
-  const opts = DefaultProcessorOptions;
+  const opts = {...DefaultProcessorOptions};
   opts.daysBeforeStale = 5; // stale after 5 days
   opts.daysBeforeClose = 1; // closes after 6 days
 
@@ -606,7 +688,7 @@ test('stale issues should be closed if the closed nubmer of days (additive) is a
     )
   ];
 
-  const opts = DefaultProcessorOptions;
+  const opts = {...DefaultProcessorOptions};
   opts.daysBeforeStale = 5; // stale after 5 days
   opts.daysBeforeClose = 1; // closes after 6 days
 
@@ -637,7 +719,7 @@ test('stale issues should not be closed until after the closed number of days (l
     )
   ];
 
-  const opts = DefaultProcessorOptions;
+  const opts = {...DefaultProcessorOptions};
   opts.daysBeforeStale = 5; // stale after 5 days
   opts.daysBeforeClose = 20; // closes after 25 days
 

action.yml

@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ inputs:
     description: 'The message to post on the issue when tagging it. If none provided, will not mark issues stale.'
   stale-pr-message:
     description: 'The message to post on the pr when tagging it. If none provided, will not mark pull requests stale.'
+  close-issue-message:
+    description: 'The message to post on the issue when closing it. If none provided, will not comment when closing an issue.'
+  close-pr-message:
+    description: 'The message to post on the pr when closing it. If none provided, will not comment when closing a pull requests.'
   days-before-stale:
-    description: 'The number of days old an issue can be before marking it stale.'
+    description: 'The number of days old an issue can be before marking it stale. Set to -1 to never mark issues or pull requests as stale automatically.'
     default: 60
   days-before-close:
     description: 'The number of days to wait to close an issue or pull request after it being marked stale. Set to -1 to never close stale issues.'
@@ -39,6 +43,9 @@ inputs:
   debug-only:
     description: 'Run the processor in debug mode without actually performing any operations on live issues.'
     default: false
+  ascending:
+    description: 'The order to get issues or pull requests. Defaults to false, which is descending'
+    default: false
 runs:
   using: 'node12'
   main: 'dist/index.js'

dist/index.js

@@ -3536,6 +3536,8 @@ function getAndValidateArgs() {
         repoToken: core.getInput('repo-token', { required: true }),
         staleIssueMessage: core.getInput('stale-issue-message'),
         stalePrMessage: core.getInput('stale-pr-message'),
+        closeIssueMessage: core.getInput('close-issue-message'),
+        closePrMessage: core.getInput('close-pr-message'),
         daysBeforeStale: parseInt(core.getInput('days-before-stale', { required: true })),
         daysBeforeClose: parseInt(core.getInput('days-before-close', { required: true })),
         staleIssueLabel: core.getInput('stale-issue-label', { required: true }),
@@ -3545,7 +3547,8 @@ function getAndValidateArgs() {
         onlyLabels: core.getInput('only-labels'),
         operationsPerRun: parseInt(core.getInput('operations-per-run', { required: true })),
         removeStaleWhenUpdated: !(core.getInput('remove-stale-when-updated') === 'false'),
-        debugOnly: core.getInput('debug-only') === 'true'
+        debugOnly: core.getInput('debug-only') === 'true',
+        ascending: core.getInput('ascending') === 'true'
     };
     for (const numberInput of [
         'days-before-stale',
@@ -3596,7 +3599,7 @@ exports.getUserAgent = getUserAgent;
 /***/ 215:
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+module.exports = {"_args":[["@octokit/rest@16.43.1","/Users/owenvoke/projects/stale"]],"_from":"@octokit/rest@16.43.1","_id":"@octokit/rest@16.43.1","_inBundle":false,"_integrity":"sha512-gfFKwRT/wFxq5qlNjnW2dh+qh74XgTQ2B179UX5K1HYCluioWj8Ndbgqw2PVqa1NnVJkGHp2ovMpVn/DImlmkw==","_location":"/@octokit/rest","_phantomChildren":{"@octokit/types":"2.8.2","deprecation":"2.3.1","once":"1.4.0"},"_requested":{"type":"version","registry":true,"raw":"@octokit/rest@16.43.1","name":"@octokit/rest","escapedName":"@octokit%2frest","scope":"@octokit","rawSpec":"16.43.1","saveSpec":null,"fetchSpec":"16.43.1"},"_requiredBy":["/","/@actions/github"],"_resolved":"https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/rest/-/rest-16.43.1.tgz","_spec":"16.43.1","_where":"/Users/owenvoke/projects/stale","author":{"name":"Gregor Martynus","url":"https://github.com/gr2m"},"bugs":{"url":"https://github.com/octokit/rest.js/issues"},"bundlesize":[{"path":"./dist/octokit-rest.min.js.gz","maxSize":"33 kB"}],"contributors":[{"name":"Mike de Boer","email":"info@mikedeboer.nl"},{"name":"Fabian Jakobs","email":"fabian@c9.io"},{"name":"Joe Gallo","email":"joe@brassafrax.com"},{"name":"Gregor Martynus","url":"https://github.com/gr2m"}],"dependencies":{"@octokit/auth-token":"^2.4.0","@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest":"^1.1.1","@octokit/plugin-request-log":"^1.0.0","@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods":"2.4.0","@octokit/request":"^5.2.0","@octokit/request-error":"^1.0.2","atob-lite":"^2.0.0","before-after-hook":"^2.0.0","btoa-lite":"^1.0.0","deprecation":"^2.0.0","lodash.get":"^4.4.2","lodash.set":"^4.3.2","lodash.uniq":"^4.5.0","octokit-pagination-methods":"^1.1.0","once":"^1.4.0","universal-user-agent":"^4.0.0"},"description":"GitHub REST API client for Node.js","devDependencies":{"@gimenete/type-writer":"^0.1.3","@octokit/auth":"^1.1.1","@octokit/fixtures-server":"^5.0.6","@octokit/graphql":"^4.2.0","@types/node":"^13.1.0","bundlesize":"^0.18.0","chai":"^4.1.2","compression-webpack-plugin":"^3.1.0","cypress":"^3.0.0","glob":"^7.1.2","http-proxy-agent":"^4.0.0","lodash.camelcase":"^4.3.0","lodash.merge":"^4.6.1","lodash.upperfirst":"^4.3.1","lolex":"^5.1.2","mkdirp":"^1.0.0","mocha":"^7.0.1","mustache":"^4.0.0","nock":"^11.3.3","npm-run-all":"^4.1.2","nyc":"^15.0.0","prettier":"^1.14.2","proxy":"^1.0.0","semantic-release":"^17.0.0","sinon":"^8.0.0","sinon-chai":"^3.0.0","sort-keys":"^4.0.0","string-to-arraybuffer":"^1.0.0","string-to-jsdoc-comment":"^1.0.0","typescript":"^3.3.1","webpack":"^4.0.0","webpack-bundle-analyzer":"^3.0.0","webpack-cli":"^3.0.0"},"files":["index.js","index.d.ts","lib","plugins"],"homepage":"https://github.com/octokit/rest.js#readme","keywords":["octokit","github","rest","api-client"],"license":"MIT","name":"@octokit/rest","nyc":{"ignore":["test"]},"publishConfig":{"access":"public"},"release":{"publish":["@semantic-release/npm",{"path":"@semantic-release/github","assets":["dist/*","!dist/*.map.gz"]}]},"repository":{"type":"git","url":"git+https://github.com/octokit/rest.js.git"},"scripts":{"build":"npm-run-all build:*","build:browser":"npm-run-all build:browser:*","build:browser:development":"webpack --mode development --entry . --output-library=Octokit --output=./dist/octokit-rest.js --profile --json > dist/bundle-stats.json","build:browser:production":"webpack --mode production --entry . --plugin=compression-webpack-plugin --output-library=Octokit --output-path=./dist --output-filename=octokit-rest.min.js --devtool source-map","build:ts":"npm run -s update-endpoints:typescript","coverage":"nyc report --reporter=html && open coverage/index.html","generate-bundle-report":"webpack-bundle-analyzer dist/bundle-stats.json --mode=static --no-open --report dist/bundle-report.html","lint":"prettier --check '{lib,plugins,scripts,test}/**/*.{js,json,ts}' 'docs/*.{js,json}' 'docs/src/**/*' index.js README.md package.json","lint:fix":"prettier --write '{lib,plugins,scripts,test}/**/*.{js,json,ts}' 'docs/*.{js,json}' 'docs/src/**/*' index.js README.md package.json","postvalidate:ts":"tsc --noEmit --target es6 test/typescript-validate.ts","prebuild:browser":"mkdirp dist/","pretest":"npm run -s lint","prevalidate:ts":"npm run -s build:ts","start-fixtures-server":"octokit-fixtures-server","test":"nyc mocha test/mocha-node-setup.js \"test/*/**/*-test.js\"","test:browser":"cypress run --browser chrome","update-endpoints":"npm-run-all update-endpoints:*","update-endpoints:fetch-json":"node scripts/update-endpoints/fetch-json","update-endpoints:typescript":"node scripts/update-endpoints/typescript","validate:ts":"tsc --target es6 --noImplicitAny index.d.ts"},"types":"index.d.ts","version":"16.43.1"};
 
 /***/ }),
 
@@ -8663,6 +8666,9 @@ class IssueProcessor {
                 const staleMessage = isPr
                     ? this.options.stalePrMessage
                     : this.options.staleIssueMessage;
+                const closeMessage = isPr
+                    ? this.options.closePrMessage
+                    : this.options.closeIssueMessage;
                 const staleLabel = isPr
                     ? this.options.stalePrLabel
                     : this.options.staleIssueLabel;
@@ -8697,7 +8703,7 @@ class IssueProcessor {
                 // process the issue if it was marked stale
                 if (isStale) {
                     core.info(`Found a stale ${issueType}`);
-                    yield this.processStaleIssue(issue, issueType, staleLabel);
+                    yield this.processStaleIssue(issue, issueType, staleLabel, closeMessage);
                 }
             }
             if (this.operationsLeft <= 0) {
@@ -8709,7 +8715,7 @@ class IssueProcessor {
         });
     }
     // handle all of the stale issue logic when we find a stale issue
-    processStaleIssue(issue, issueType, staleLabel) {
+    processStaleIssue(issue, issueType, staleLabel, closeMessage) {
         return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
             const markedStaleOn = (yield this.getLabelCreationDate(issue, staleLabel)) || issue.updated_at;
             core.info(`Issue #${issue.number} marked stale on: ${markedStaleOn}`);
@@ -8728,7 +8734,7 @@ class IssueProcessor {
             }
             if (!issueHasComments && !issueHasUpdate) {
                 core.info(`Closing ${issueType} because it was last updated on ${issue.updated_at}`);
-                yield this.closeIssue(issue);
+                yield this.closeIssue(issue, closeMessage);
             }
             else {
                 core.info(`Stale ${issueType} is not old enough to close yet (hasComments? ${issueHasComments}, hasUpdate? ${issueHasUpdate}`);
@@ -8780,6 +8786,7 @@ class IssueProcessor {
                     state: 'open',
                     labels: this.options.onlyLabels,
                     per_page: 100,
+                    direction: this.options.ascending ? 'asc' : 'desc',
                     page
                 });
                 return issueResult.data;
@@ -8828,7 +8835,7 @@ class IssueProcessor {
         });
     }
     // Close an issue based on staleness
-    closeIssue(issue) {
+    closeIssue(issue, closeMessage) {
         return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
             core.info(`Closing issue #${issue.number} - ${issue.title} for being stale`);
             this.closedIssues.push(issue);
@@ -8836,6 +8843,19 @@ class IssueProcessor {
             if (this.options.debugOnly) {
                 return;
             }
+            if (closeMessage) {
+                try {
+                    yield this.client.issues.createComment({
+                        owner: github.context.repo.owner,
+                        repo: github.context.repo.repo,
+                        issue_number: issue.number,
+                        body: closeMessage
+                    });
+                }
+                catch (error) {
+                    core.error(`Error creating a comment: ${error.message}`);
+                }
+            }
             try {
                 yield this.client.issues.update({
                     owner: github.context.repo.owner,

src/IssueProcessor.ts

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ export interface IssueProcessorOptions {
   repoToken: string;
   staleIssueMessage: string;
   stalePrMessage: string;
+  closeIssueMessage: string;
+  closePrMessage: string;
   daysBeforeStale: number;
   daysBeforeClose: number;
   staleIssueLabel: string;
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ export interface IssueProcessorOptions {
   operationsPerRun: number;
   removeStaleWhenUpdated: boolean;
   debugOnly: boolean;
+  ascending: boolean;
 }
 
 /***
@@ -117,6 +120,9 @@ export class IssueProcessor {
       const staleMessage: string = isPr
         ? this.options.stalePrMessage
         : this.options.staleIssueMessage;
+      const closeMessage: string = isPr
+        ? this.options.closePrMessage
+        : this.options.closeIssueMessage;
       const staleLabel: string = isPr
         ? this.options.stalePrLabel
         : this.options.staleIssueLabel;
@@ -124,8 +130,9 @@ export class IssueProcessor {
         isPr ? this.options.exemptPrLabels : this.options.exemptIssueLabels
       );
       const issueType: string = isPr ? 'pr' : 'issue';
+      const shouldMarkWhenStale = this.options.daysBeforeStale > -1;
 
-      if (!staleMessage) {
+      if (!staleMessage && shouldMarkWhenStale) {
         core.info(`Skipping ${issueType} due to empty stale message`);
         continue;
       }
@@ -159,7 +166,7 @@ export class IssueProcessor {
       );
 
       // determine if this issue needs to be marked stale first
-      if (!isStale && shouldBeStale) {
+      if (!isStale && shouldBeStale && shouldMarkWhenStale) {
         core.info(
           `Marking ${issueType} stale because it was last updated on ${issue.updated_at} and it does not have a stale label`
         );
@@ -170,7 +177,12 @@ export class IssueProcessor {
       // process the issue if it was marked stale
       if (isStale) {
         core.info(`Found a stale ${issueType}`);
-        await this.processStaleIssue(issue, issueType, staleLabel);
+        await this.processStaleIssue(
+          issue,
+          issueType,
+          staleLabel,
+          closeMessage
+        );
       }
     }
 
@@ -187,7 +199,8 @@ export class IssueProcessor {
   private async processStaleIssue(
     issue: Issue,
     issueType: string,
-    staleLabel: string
+    staleLabel: string,
+    closeMessage?: string
   ) {
     const markedStaleOn: string =
       (await this.getLabelCreationDate(issue, staleLabel)) || issue.updated_at;
@@ -224,7 +237,7 @@ export class IssueProcessor {
       core.info(
         `Closing ${issueType} because it was last updated on ${issue.updated_at}`
       );
-      await this.closeIssue(issue);
+      await this.closeIssue(issue, closeMessage);
     } else {
       core.info(
         `Stale ${issueType} is not old enough to close yet (hasComments? ${issueHasComments}, hasUpdate? ${issueHasUpdate}`
@@ -292,6 +305,7 @@ export class IssueProcessor {
           state: 'open',
           labels: this.options.onlyLabels,
           per_page: 100,
+          direction: this.options.ascending ? 'asc' : 'desc',
           page
         }
       );
@@ -347,7 +361,7 @@ export class IssueProcessor {
   }
 
   // Close an issue based on staleness
-  private async closeIssue(issue: Issue): Promise<void> {
+  private async closeIssue(issue: Issue, closeMessage?: string): Promise<void> {
     core.info(
       `Closing issue #${issue.number} - ${issue.title} for being stale`
     );
@@ -360,6 +374,19 @@ export class IssueProcessor {
       return;
     }
 
+    if (closeMessage) {
+      try {
+        await this.client.issues.createComment({
+          owner: github.context.repo.owner,
+          repo: github.context.repo.repo,
+          issue_number: issue.number,
+          body: closeMessage
+        });
+      } catch (error) {
+        core.error(`Error creating a comment: ${error.message}`);
+      }
+    }
+
     try {
       await this.client.issues.update({
         owner: github.context.repo.owner,

src/main.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ function getAndValidateArgs(): IssueProcessorOptions {
     repoToken: core.getInput('repo-token', {required: true}),
     staleIssueMessage: core.getInput('stale-issue-message'),
     stalePrMessage: core.getInput('stale-pr-message'),
+    closeIssueMessage: core.getInput('close-issue-message'),
+    closePrMessage: core.getInput('close-pr-message'),
     daysBeforeStale: parseInt(
       core.getInput('days-before-stale', {required: true})
     ),
@@ -35,7 +37,8 @@ function getAndValidateArgs(): IssueProcessorOptions {
     removeStaleWhenUpdated: !(
       core.getInput('remove-stale-when-updated') === 'false'
     ),
-    debugOnly: core.getInput('debug-only') === 'true'
+    debugOnly: core.getInput('debug-only') === 'true',
+    ascending: core.getInput('ascending') === 'true'
   };
 
   for (const numberInput of [