allow empty author/committer

action.yml

@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ inputs:
   draft:
     description: 'Create a draft pull request. It is not possible to change draft status after creation except through the web interface'
     default: false
+  author-as-actions:
+    description: 'use GitHub Actions App as the author/committer which signs the commit'
+    default: false
 outputs:
   pull-request-number:
     description: 'The pull request number'

src/create-or-update-branch.ts

@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ export async function createOrUpdateBranch(
   branch: string,
   branchRemoteName: string,
   signoff: boolean,
-  addPaths: string[]
+  addPaths: string[],
+  useRestApi: boolean
 ): Promise<CreateOrUpdateBranchResult> {
   // Get the working base.
   // When a ref, it may or may not be the actual base.

src/create-pull-request.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export interface Inputs {
   teamReviewers: string[]
   milestone: number
   draft: boolean
+  commitAsActions: boolean
 }
 
 export async function createPullRequest(inputs: Inputs): Promise<void> {
@@ -154,8 +155,14 @@ export async function createPullRequest(inputs: Inputs): Promise<void> {
 
     // Configure the committer and author
     core.startGroup('Configuring the committer and author')
+    if (inputs.commitAsActions == true) {
+        const parsedAuthor = ""
+        const parsedCommitter = ""
+    }
+    else {
         const parsedAuthor = utils.parseDisplayNameEmail(inputs.author)
         const parsedCommitter = utils.parseDisplayNameEmail(inputs.committer)
+
         git.setIdentityGitOptions([
           '-c',
           `author.name=${parsedAuthor.name}`,
@@ -172,6 +179,7 @@ export async function createPullRequest(inputs: Inputs): Promise<void> {
         core.info(
           `Configured git author as '${parsedAuthor.name} <${parsedAuthor.email}>'`
         )
+    }
     core.endGroup()
 
     // Create or update the pull request branch
@@ -183,7 +191,8 @@ export async function createPullRequest(inputs: Inputs): Promise<void> {
       inputs.branch,
       branchRemoteName,
       inputs.signoff,
-      inputs.addPaths
+      inputs.addPaths,
+      inputs.commitAsActions
     )
     core.endGroup()
 

src/main.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
       teamReviewers: utils.getInputAsArray('team-reviewers'),
       milestone: Number(core.getInput('milestone')),
       draft: core.getBooleanInput('draft')
+      useRestApi: core.getBooleanInput('use-rest-api')
     }
     core.debug(`Inputs: ${inspect(inputs)}`)