GitHub Activity in Readme

Updates README.md with the recent GitHub activity of a user.

Instructions

Add the comment  (entry point) within README.md. You can find an example here.
It's the time to create a workflow file.

.github/workflows/update-readme.yml

name: Update README

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '*/30 * * * *'
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Update this repo's README with recent activity

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: jamesgeorge007/github-activity-readme@master
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

The above job runs every half an hour, you can change it as you wish based on the cron syntax.

Please note that only those public events that belong to the following list show up:-

IssueEvent
IssueCommentEvent
PullRequestEvent

You can find an example here.

Override defaults

Use the following input params to customize it for your use case:-

Input Param	Default Value	Description
`COMMIT_MSG`	:zap: Update README with the recent activity	Commit message used while committing to the repo
`MAX_LINES`	5	The maximum number of lines populated in your readme file

name: Update README

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '*/30 * * * *'
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Update this repo's README with recent activity

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: jamesgeorge007/github-activity-readme@master
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          COMMIT_MSG: 'Specify a custom commit message'
          MAX_LINES: 10

Inspired by JasonEtco/activity-box