GitHub Activity in Readme

Updates README.md with the recent GitHub activity of a user.

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Instructions

• Add the comment <!--START_SECTION:activity--> (entry point) within README.md. You can find an example here.

• It's the time to create a workflow file.

.github/workflows/update-readme.yml

name: Update README
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "*/30 * * * *"
  workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
  build:
    name: Update this repo's README with recent activity
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: jamesgeorge007/github-activity-readme@master
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

The above job runs every half an hour, you can change it as you wish based on the cron syntax.

Please note that only those public events that belong to the following list show up:-

• IssueEvent
• ReleaseEvent
• IssueCommentEvent
• PullRequestEvent

You can find an example here.

Override defaults

Use the following input params to customize it for your use case:-

Input Param	Default Value	Description
GH_USERNAME	Your GitHub username	Username for which to generate the activity overview
COMMIT_NAME	github-actions[bot]	Name of the committer
COMMIT_EMAIL	41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com	Email of the committer
COMMIT_MSG	:zap: Update README with the recent activity	Commit message used while committing to the repo
EMPTY_COMMIT_MSG	:memo: empty commit to keep workflow active after 60 days of no activity	Commit message used when there are no updates
MAX_LINES	5	The maximum number of lines populated in your readme file
TARGET_FILE	README.md	The file to insert recent activity into
FILTER_EVENTS	IssueCommentEvent,IssuesEvent,PullRequestEvent,ReleaseEvent	Display specific event type

name: Update README
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "*/30 * * * *"
  workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
  build:
    name: Update this repo's README with recent activity
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: jamesgeorge007/github-activity-readme@master
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          COMMIT_MSG: "Specify a custom commit message"
          MAX_LINES: 10
          COMMIT_NAME: GitHub Activity Readme

Inspired by JasonEtco/activity-box