GitHub Action: Run misspell with reviewdog

This action runs misspell with reviewdog on pull requests to improve code review experience.

Inputs

github_token

Optional. ${{ github.token }} is used by default.

locale

Optional. -locale flag of misspell. [US/UK]

level

Optional. Report level for reviewdog [info,warning,error]. It's the same as the -level flag of reviewdog.

reporter

Optional. Reporter for reviewdog command [github-pr-check,github-pr-review]. It's the same as the -reporter flag of reviewdog.

ignore

Optional. Ignore (-i) a list of comma-separated words. [armor] / [armor,color].

path

Optional. Base directory to run misspell. Same as [path] of find command. Default: .

Directories are separated by lines. e.g.:

path: |
  doc
  src

pattern

Optional. File patterns of target files. Same as -name [pattern] of find command. Default: *

Patterns are separated by lines. e.g.:

pattern: |
  *.py
  *.sh

exclude

Optional. Exclude patterns of target files. Same as -not -path [exclude] of find command. e.g. ./.git/*

Patterns are separated by lines. e.g.:

exclude: |
  ./.git/*
  ./.cache/*

filter_mode

Optional. Filtering mode for the reviewdog command [added,diff_context,file,nofilter]. Default: added.

fail_on_error

Optional. Exit code for reviewdog when errors are found [true,false]. Default: false.

Example usage

.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml

name: reviewdog
on: [pull_request]
jobs:
  misspell:
    name: runner / misspell
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Check out code.
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: misspell
        uses: reviewdog/action-misspell@v1
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
          locale: "US"