used-by 0.1.3

Generate Used By badge from GitHub's dependencies information.

Used By

Create and update Used By badge by leveraging GitHub's dependencies information via a pull request.

Usage

Run as GitHub Action

Create a new GitHub Actions workflow in your project, e.g. at .github/workflows/used-by.yml

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: shenxianpeng/used-by@main # or tag
        with:
          repo: '${{ github.repository }}' # current repository
          update-badge: 'true'

      # create pull request if changed
      - name: Create Pull Request
        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
        with:
          add-paths: "README.md" # the file path to commit
          commit-message: "chore: update used-by badge by github-actions[bot]"
          title: "chore: automatic update used-by badge"
          base: main
          labels: documentation
          delete-branch: true

[!IMPORTANT] To create pull request with peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6 requires changing Workflow permissions to Read and write permissions and enabling Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests.

Required Inputs

repo:

• Description: GitHub repository name. e.g. shenxianpeng/used-by. Defaults to shenxianpeng/used-by.
• Default: 'shenxianpeng/used-by'

Optional Inputs

file-path:

• Description: The path to file. Defaults to README.md.
• Default: 'README.md'

badge-label:

• Description: The badge display name. Defaults to Used by.
• Default: 'Used by'

badge-color:

• Description: The badge display color. Defaults to informational.
• Default: 'informational'

badge-logo:

• Description: The badge display color. Defaults to slickpic.
• Default: 'slickpic'

update-badge:

• Description: The badge display color. Defaults to false.
• Default: 'false'

For supported values of badge-label, badge-color and badge-logo, see https://shields.io/badges/static-badge

Install used-by CLI

pip install git+https://github.com/shenxianpeng/used-by.git@main

Help of used-by CLI

used-by --help
usage: used-by [-h] [--repo REPO] [--file-path FILE_PATH] [--badge-label BADGE_LABEL] [--badge-color BADGE_COLOR] [--badge-logo BADGE_LOGO] [--update-badge UPDATE_BADGE]

Generate a Used By badge from GitHub dependents information.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --repo REPO           GitHub repository name (e.g., shenxianpeng/used-by).
  --file-path FILE_PATH
                        The path to the file where the badge will be added. Defaults to README.md.
  --badge-label BADGE_LABEL
                        The badge display name. Defaults to Used by.
  --badge-color BADGE_COLOR
                        The badge display color. Defaults to informational.
  --badge-logo BADGE_LOGO
                        The badge display logo. Defaults to slickpic.
  --update-badge UPDATE_BADGE
                        Add or update badge if set. Defaults to False.

Run used-by CLI

# generate markdown makeup text by default
$ used-by --repo shenxianpeng/used-by

Add Used By badge in README

Copy following content to show Used By badge in your repository README.

Markdown

[![Used by](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Used%20by&message=4&color=informational&logo=slickpic)](https://github.com/shenxianpeng/used-by/network/dependents)<!-- used by badge -->

reStructuredText

.. image:: https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Used%20by&message=0&color=informational&logo=slickpic
    :target: https://github.com/shenxianpeng/used-by/network/dependents
    :alt: used-by

License

MIT © 2024-present Xianpeng Shen