update readme and small fixes

.github/workflows/closeOnRelease.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Close issues marked 'fixed-pending-release' upon a release.
-        uses: gcampbell-msft/[email protected].6
+        uses: gcampbell-msft/[email protected].7
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           label: ${{ inputs.label }}

README.md

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-# A GitHub Action that closes issues marked for closing upon a new release
+# A GitHub Action that closes issues marked as fixed upon a new release
 
-This GitHub Action adds a comment to all pull requests that were included in a GitHub release. The comment includes a link to the release, along with a celebratory emoji :tada:
+This GitHub Action closes issues that were marked as fixed upon a new GitHub release :tada:
 
 ## Usage
 
 To use this action, you will need to provide your [personal access token](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/creating-a-personal-access-token) with `public_repo` permission.
 
 ```yaml
-name: Close issues marked for closing upon a release.
+name: Close issues marked as fixed upon a release.
 on:
   release:
     types: [published]
@@ -25,16 +25,15 @@ jobs:
 ```
 
 Note that this action is triggered by the `release.published` event, which occurs when a new release is published in your repository.
-Additionally, if there are cases where you want to use this manually, you should `workflow_dispatch` and you should likely set `isExternalLaunch` to `"true"`.
+Additionally, if there are cases where you want to use this manually, you should use `workflow_dispatch` and you should likely set `isExternalLaunch` to `"true"`.
 
 ## Assumptions
 
 There are a couple of assumptions that this GitHub Actions makes.
 
 1. The only releases that you want to use for this action, to close issues based on, are official releases.
-1. You use `fixed-pending-release` to label issues that are fixed pending an official release.
-1. The most recent release that you published is the release that fixes all issues marked `fixed-pending-release`.
-    1. This assumption is not made when `isExternalRelease` is `"true"`
+1. The most recent release that you published is the release that fixes all issues marked as fixed upon a new release.
+    1. This assumption is not made when `isExternalRelease` is `"true"`.
 
 ## Inputs
 
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ This action has the following inputs:
 - `token` (optional): Your GitHub access token. You can use `${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}` to access the value you set as actions repository secret. Default value will be `${{ github.token }}`.
 - `label` (option): The label that specifies issues that should be closed upon release.
 - `message` (optional): The message to be included in the comment. This is passed to the action as a lodash template string.
-  Available variables, when `isExternalRelease` is `true` include: `releaseName`, `releaseTag`, `releaseUrl`.
+  Available variables, when `isExternalRelease` is `true`, include: `releaseName`, `releaseTag`, `releaseUrl`.
 - `isExternalRelease` (optional): Boolean indicating whether the release is external to GitHub. If it is, no GitHub release will be used and thus the above variables aren't available.
 
 ## License

dist/index.js

@@ -27023,6 +27023,7 @@ async function run() {
 
     // Get the message template from the user input
     const externalReleaseDefault = ":tada: This issue has now been fixed and is available in the latest release! :tada:";
+    const nonExternalReleaseDefault = ":tada: This issue has now been fixed and is available in [${releaseTag}](${releaseUrl}) :tada:";
 
     const issuesClosed = [];
     let failedIssues = 0;
@@ -27036,7 +27037,6 @@ async function run() {
         await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 250));
 
         let message = "";
-        const messageTemplate = providedMessage || externalReleaseDefault;
         const isExternalReleaseInput = core.getInput("isExternalRelease", { required: false });
         const isExternalRelease = isExternalReleaseInput === "false" ? false : isExternalReleaseInput === "true" ? true : undefined;
 
@@ -27055,14 +27055,14 @@ async function run() {
                 throw new Error("There is no release available");
             }
 
-            message = template(messageTemplate)({
+            message = template(providedMessage || nonExternalReleaseDefault)({
                 releaseName: release.name,
                 releaseTag: release.tag_name,
                 releaseUrl: release.html_url
             });
         } else {
             // in an external release, we simply pass the message through.
-            message = messageTemplate
+            message = providedMessage || externalReleaseDefault;
         }
 
         try {

index.js

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ async function run() {
 
     // Get the message template from the user input
     const externalReleaseDefault = ":tada: This issue has now been fixed and is available in the latest release! :tada:";
+    const nonExternalReleaseDefault = ":tada: This issue has now been fixed and is available in [${releaseTag}](${releaseUrl}) :tada:";
 
     const issuesClosed = [];
     let failedIssues = 0;
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ async function run() {
         await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 250));
 
         let message = "";
-        const messageTemplate = providedMessage || externalReleaseDefault;
         const isExternalReleaseInput = core.getInput("isExternalRelease", { required: false });
         const isExternalRelease = isExternalReleaseInput === "false" ? false : isExternalReleaseInput === "true" ? true : undefined;
 
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ async function run() {
                 throw new Error("There is no release available");
             }
 
-            message = template(messageTemplate)({
+            message = template(providedMessage || nonExternalReleaseDefault)({
                 releaseName: release.name,
                 releaseTag: release.tag_name,
                 releaseUrl: release.html_url
             });
         } else {
             // in an external release, we simply pass the message through.
-            message = messageTemplate
+            message = providedMessage || externalReleaseDefault;
         }
 
         try {

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "close-issues-on-release",
-  "version": "0.0.6",
+  "version": "0.0.7",
   "description": "Upon release, close issues marked 'fixed-pending-release'",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {