# Daily refresh of the Hacktoberfest 2026 open-PR cleanup tracker. # Ticks off any tracked pull request that has since been merged/closed, and # rewrites the "Automated statistics" section (open issue/PR counts + the top # three `awaiting reviews` directories). The job fails on purpose once # Hacktoberfest 2026 has begun (>= 2026-10-01), which is the signal to retire it. name: hacktoberfest_prep on: push: paths: - ".github/workflows/hacktoberfest_prep.yml" - "scripts/hacktoberfest_prep_update.py" pull_request: paths: - ".github/workflows/hacktoberfest_prep.yml" - "scripts/hacktoberfest_prep_update.py" # schedule: # - cron: "50 11 * * *" # 11:50 UTC every day workflow_dispatch: # allow a manual run while testing permissions: contents: write pull-requests: write jobs: hacktoberfest-prep: # No point running on forks — this pushes to the repo's own docs file. if: github.repository == 'TheAlgorithms/Python' runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v7 with: persist-credentials: false - uses: actions/setup-python@v7 with: python-version-file: .python-version allow-prereleases: true - name: Install dependencies run: python -m pip install --upgrade "httpx2>=2.0.1" - name: Update the tracker id: update env: GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }} # Don't let the intentional post-Oct-1 failure stop the commit step; # capture the exit code and re-raise it after pushing any changes. run: | set +e python scripts/hacktoberfest_prep_update.py echo "exit_code=$?" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT" # Dry run on push / pull_request: show the diff the script produced but # do NOT commit or push. This lets a PR prove the tracker still gathers # its data and rewrites docs/hacktober_2026_prep.md correctly without # leaving a permanent commit. Only the schedule/manual runs persist. - name: Show changes (dry run) if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'pull_request' run: | echo "Dry run (${{ github.event_name }}): showing git diff, not committing." git --no-pager diff -- docs/hacktober_2026_prep.md if git diff --quiet -- docs/hacktober_2026_prep.md; then echo "No changes to docs/hacktober_2026_prep.md." fi # `master` is a protected branch: direct pushes are rejected with # `GH006: Protected branch update failed ... Changes must be made through # a pull request`. So instead of committing straight to master, persist # the refreshed tracker on a single rolling branch and open — or, since # re-pushing the branch updates the existing PR in place, leave open — one # pull request. Uses the bundled `gh` CLI rather than a third-party # action (see zizmor's "superfluous actions" audit). - name: Open or update the tracker pull request if: github.event_name != 'push' && github.event_name != 'pull_request' env: GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} BRANCH: chore/hacktoberfest-2026-prep-refresh run: | set -euo pipefail if git diff --quiet -- docs/hacktober_2026_prep.md; then echo "No changes to docs/hacktober_2026_prep.md; nothing to persist." exit 0 fi git config --global user.name "$GITHUB_ACTOR" git config --global user.email "$GITHUB_ACTOR@users.noreply.github.com" # `actions/checkout` runs with `persist-credentials: false`, so git has # no token to authenticate the push below (it fails with # `fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com'`). Wire the # bundled `gh` in as git's credential helper so `git push` reuses # GH_TOKEN — no third-party action and no token baked into the remote URL. gh auth setup-git git switch -c "$BRANCH" git add docs/hacktober_2026_prep.md git commit -m "chore: refresh Hacktoberfest 2026 prep tracker" # Force-push so the rolling branch always carries just the latest # snapshot on top of master; this also updates any open PR in place. git push --force origin "$BRANCH" if [ -z "$(gh pr list --head "$BRANCH" --state open --json number --jq '.[].number')" ]; then gh pr create \ --base master \ --head "$BRANCH" \ --title "chore: refresh Hacktoberfest 2026 prep tracker" \ --body "Automated daily refresh of the Hacktoberfest 2026 open-PR cleanup tracker (\`docs/hacktober_2026_prep.md\`): ticks off any tracked pull request that has since been merged/closed and rewrites the **Automated statistics** section. This PR is updated in place by the \`hacktoberfest_prep\` workflow, so it always reflects the latest scheduled run. Merge it whenever you want to capture the current snapshot." else echo "Open tracker PR already exists; force-push updated it in place." fi - name: Propagate the script's exit code env: UPDATE_EXIT_CODE: ${{ steps.update.outputs.exit_code }} run: exit ${UPDATE_EXIT_CODE}