actions-package-update

This tool keeps npm dependencies up-to-date by making pull requests from GitHub Actions or CI.

This tool is the successor of taichi/ci-yarn-upgrade.

Basic Usage

GitHub Action for package.json update.

GitHub Actions

Below is the complete workflow example:

name: Update

on:
  schedule:
  - cron: 0 0 * * 3
  
jobs:
  package-update:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@master
    
    - name: set remote url
      run: git remote set-url --push origin https://$GITHUB_ACTOR:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY
      
    - name: package-update
      uses: taichi/actions-package-update@master
      env:
        AUTHOR_EMAIL: [email protected]
        AUTHOR_NAME: john
        EXECUTE: "true"
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        LOG_LEVEL: debug
      with:
        args: -u --packageFile package.json --loglevel verbose

Notes:

• this workflow runs every Wednesday at midnight.
• all args are passed to npm-check-updates.
• AUTHOR_NAME and AUTHOR_EMAIL are use for the commit.
• if you set EXECUTE as true, then actions-package-update makes a Pull Request.
• you must grant access using the built-in GITHUB_TOKEN value as above, because actions-package-update access to your repository and make Pull Request.
  • see Storing Secrets in the docs.

Examples

• Update devDependencies only

  - name: package-update
    uses: taichi/actions-package-update@master
    env:
      AUTHOR_EMAIL: [email protected]
      AUTHOR_NAME: John
      EXECUTE: "true"
      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
    with:
      args: -u --packageFile package.json  --dep dev
  

• Use yarn upgrade

  - name: package-update
    uses: taichi/actions-package-update@master
    env:
      AUTHOR_EMAIL: [email protected]
      AUTHOR_NAME: John
      EXECUTE: "true"
      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      UPDATE_COMMAND: yarn
    with:
      args: upgrade --latest
  

• Use npm update

  - name: package-update
    uses: taichi/actions-package-update@master
    env:
      AUTHOR_EMAIL: [email protected]
      AUTHOR_NAME: John
      EXECUTE: "true"
      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      UPDATE_COMMAND: npm
    with:
      args: update
  

• Use pnpm update

  - name: package-update
    uses: taichi/actions-package-update@master
    env:
      AUTHOR_EMAIL: [email protected]
      AUTHOR_NAME: John
      EXECUTE: "true"
      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      UPDATE_COMMAND: pnpm
    with:
      args: update
  

• Use ncu with yarn workspaces

  In your workspace root, run:

  yarn add -DW wsrun npm-check-updates
  

  Add this script to your root package.json:

  {
    "ncu-all": "ncu -u --packageFile package.json && wsrun --serial ncu -u --packageFile package.json"
  }
  

  Add this config:

  - name: package-update
    uses: taichi/actions-package-update@master
    env:
      AUTHOR_EMAIL: [email protected]
      AUTHOR_NAME: John
      EXECUTE: "true"
      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      UPDATE_COMMAND: yarn
    with:
      args: ncu-all
  

Local or CI Server|Service

Install

yarn global add actions-package-update

or

npm install actions-package-update -g

or

pnpm add --global actions-package-update

Setting Environment Variables

• Required Variables
  • GITHUB_TOKEN
    • GitHub personal access token is required for sending pull requests to your repository
    • Creating an access token for command-line use
  • AUTHOR_NAME and AUTHOR_EMAIL
    • this command use there variables for commit
  • EXECUTE
    • By default, actions-package-update runs in dry-run mode.
    • if you set to EXECUTE=true, then this command push branch to remote, and make a pull request.

Command Behavior

This command works locally and output result to standard output.

Optional Configurations

• BRANCH_PREFIX
  • specify working branch prefix. default prefix is package-update/.
• COMMIT_MESSAGE
  • specify the commit message. default message is update dependencies.
• COMMIT_FILES
  • a space separated list of files that will be added to the commit. Leave empty to use git add --all.
    • for example, you can use "package.json package-lock.json" to ensure only these two files gets added to the commit
• UPDATE_COMMAND
  • specify the command for update. default command is ncu.
    • for example, you may set to yarn or npm.
• WITH_SHADOWS
  • if you specify this option, shows shadow dependencies changes.
  • default value is false.
• KEEP
  • if you specify this option, keep working branch after all.
  • default value is false.
  • this is useful for debugging.
• LOG_LEVEL
  • One of fatal, error, warn, info, debug, trace or silent.
  • default value is info.
  • if you want to know this tool's internal states, set to debug.
• WORKING_DIR
  • specify the working dir.
  • default value is ./.
• SET_NODE_VERSION
  • specify the node version you want to run on.
  • default value is latest.

Development

Setup

Run these commands in the project root dir.

yarn install
code .

Release

• release package to npmjs

  yarn publish

• edit Dockerfile