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GitHub Actions: Notify Go Module Major Version Updates #716

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@oxzi oxzi commented Mar 22, 2024

When Go modules mature and their major version has exceeded one, the module path requires a version suffix, such as /v2. Unfortunately, the Dependabot is unable to detect such a Go module major version bump for suffixed major versions, resulting in stalling dependencies - dependabot/dependabot-core#2213.

By introducing another GitHub Actions Workflow utilizing gomajor, those major version updates for Go modules can be identified. As a scheduled workflow, running each Monday morning, it will either create or update an open GitHub issue with all currently available major version updates for referenced Go modules.

As a playground, I have forked this repository to another GitHub repository. Please feel free to take a look at its issue tracker. Issue oxzi/icingadb-go-mod-major-test#1, for example, shows how a new issue was first created and later re-used while it was still open. After it was closed, a new issue oxzi/icingadb-go-mod-major-test#2 was created and used afterwards, until this one was also closed.

An open issue will look like the following:

Go Module Major Version Updates

There are major version updates available for used Go modules.

Updates in .

  1. github.com/go-redis/redis/v8: v8.11.5 [latest v9.5.1]
  2. github.com/vbauerster/mpb/v6: v6.0.4 [latest v8.7.2]

Updates in tests

  1. github.com/go-redis/redis/v8: v8.11.5 [latest v9.5.1]

If this idea suits you, I can also submit this PR against our other Go projects.

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@oxzi oxzi force-pushed the github-actions-go-mod-major branch from c590ca4 to abc1cec Compare March 22, 2024 13:37
When Go modules mature and their major version has exceeded one, the
module path requires a version suffix, such as "/v2"[0]. Unfortunately,
the Dependabot is unable to detect such a Go module major version bump
for suffixed major versions[1], resulting in stalling dependencies.

By introducing another GitHub Actions Workflow utilizing gomajor[2],
those major version updates for Go modules can be identified. As a
scheduled workflow, running each Monday morning, it will either create
or update an open GitHub issue with all currently available major
version updates for referenced Go modules.

[0]: https://go.dev/ref/mod#major-version-suffixes
[1]: dependabot/dependabot-core#2213
[2]: https://github.com/icholy/gomajor
@oxzi oxzi force-pushed the github-actions-go-mod-major branch from abc1cec to f1812ad Compare March 22, 2024 13:48
@oxzi oxzi requested a review from julianbrost April 8, 2024 14:01
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