Probot: Stale

> a GitHub App built with Probot that closes abandoned Issues and Pull Requests after a period of inactivity.


Inspired by @parkr's auto-reply bot that runs @jekyllbot.

Usage

1. Configure the GitHub App
2. Create .github/stale.yml based on the following template
3. It will start scanning for stale issues and/or pull requests within an hour.

A .github/stale.yml file is required to enable the plugin. The file can be empty, or it can override any of these default settings:

``yml


Configuration for probot-stale - https://github.com/probot/stale

Number of days of inactivity before an Issue or Pull Request becomes stale

daysUntilStale: 60

Number of days of inactivity before a stale Issue or Pull Request is closed

daysUntilClose: 7

Issues or Pull Requests with these labels will never be considered stale. Set to [] to disable

exemptLabels:
- pinned
- security

Label to use when marking as stale

staleLabel: wontfix

Comment to post when marking as stale. Set to false to disable


markComment: >
This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had
recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you
for your contributions.


Comment to post when removing the stale label. Set to false to disable


unmarkComment: false


Comment to post when closing a stale Issue or Pull Request. Set to false to disable


closeComment: false


Limit to only issues or pulls

only: issues

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How are issues & pull requests considered stale?

The app uses GitHub's updated search qualifier to determine staleness. Any change to an issues and pull request is considered an update, including comments, changing labels, applying or removing milestones, or pushing commits.

An easy way to check and see which issues or pull requests will initially be marked as stale is to add the updated search qualifier to either the issue or pull request page filter for your repository: updated:<2017-07-01. Adjust the date to be 60 days ago (or whatever you set for daysUntilStale`) to see which issues or pull requests will be marked.

Deployment

See docs/deploy.md if you would like to run your own instance of this plugin.