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📆 GitHub Issue Due Dates Action

Add due dates to GitHub issues - issues are automatically tagged with Overdue and Due in 1 week labels.

How it works:

  1. Add the following snippet to the top of issues you'd like to assign due dates to:
---
due: 2022-09-19
---
  1. Create a .github/workflows/workflow.yml file with the following contents:
name: Main Workflow
on:
  schedule:
    - cron:  '0 * * * *'
jobs:
  Ubuntu:
    name: Add labels to issues
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: GitHub Issue Due Dates Action
        uses: alexleventer/github-issue-due-dates-action@1.2.0
        with:
          GH_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}"
  1. Generate a personal access GitHub token with the "workflow" scope.
  2. Add the following Actions secret to your repository (under Settings --> Security):
  • Name: GH_TOKEN
  • Value: {{your personal access token}}