GitHub Action
.NET version sweeper
The .NET version sweeper is designed to alert repositories (by either creating issues, pull requests, or both) that there are projects targeting versions that are no longer supported (or won't be soon). For example, projects targeting .NET Core 3.0 or .NET Framework 4.5.1 could trigger an issue to be created to update these projects to supported versions, or even a pull request that upgrades it for you. For example issues, see issues created in this repo based on the non-lts directory.
This is intended to be used as a GitHub action that will run as a scheduled CRON job. Ideally, once a month or as often as necessary to align with .NET version updates.
A schedule/cron job that runs on the first of every month is detailed below in the example workflow, '0 0 1 * *'
.
Option | Details |
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-o , owner |
The owner of the repo. Assign from ${{ github.repository_owner }} . Example, "dotnet" . |
-n , name |
The repository name. Assign from ${{ github.repository }} . Example, "dotnet/samples" . |
-b , branch |
The branch name. Assign from ${{ github.ref }} . Example, "main" . |
-t , token |
The GitHub personal-access token (PAT), or the token from GitHub action context. Assign from ${{ github.token }} . |
Option | Details |
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-d , dir |
The root directory, defaults to "/github/workspace" . |
-p , pattern |
The search pattern, defaults to "*.csproj;*.fsproj;*.vbproj;*.xproj;project.json" . |
-s , sdk-compliance |
Whether or not to report projects that are not using the new SDK-style project format. |
Output | Type | Details |
---|---|---|
has-remaining-work |
bool |
When true , the upgrade-projects array will be populated with project directories that require upgrade. |
upgrade-projects |
string[] |
An array of project directories that are in need of being upgraded. |
Note Outputs are only present when configured to run as pull request mode. For more information, see Configure action.
# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions
name: "target supported version"
# Controls when the action will run.
on:
# Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the default branch
schedule:
- cron: "0 0 1 * *"
workflow_dispatch:
inputs:
reason:
description: "The reason for running the workflow"
required: true
default: "Manual run"
support:
description: "The support level to target (STS, LTS, or Preview)."
required: true
default: "STS"
# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
jobs:
# This workflow contains a single job called "build"
version-sweep:
# The type of runner that the job will run on
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
permissions:
issues: write
pull-requests: write
# Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
steps:
# Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
# Runs a single command using the runners shell
- name: "Print manual run reason"
if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
run: |
echo 'Reason: ${{ github.event.inputs.reason }}'
# Start the .NET version sweeper, scan projects/slns for non-LTS (or currrent) versions
- name: .NET version sweeper
id: dotnet-version-sweeper
uses: dotnet/versionsweeper@main
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
with:
owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
name: ${{ github.repository }}
branch: ${{ github.ref }}
- name: Create pull requests
if: steps.dotnet-version-sweeper.outputs.has-remaining-work == 'true'
run: |
upgradeProjects: ${{ steps.dotnet-version-sweeper.outputs.upgrade-projects }}
# Install .NET Upgrade Assistant global tool
dotnet tool install --global upgrade-assistant
# Iterate all upgrade projects
for projectDir in "${upgradeProjects[@]}"; do
echo "Project Directory: $projectDir"
# Create a new branch
git checkout -b upgrade/$projectDir
# Perform the upgrade using upgrade-assistant
upgrade-assistant upgrade "$projectDir" --non-interactive -t ${{ inputs.support }}
# Commit the changes
git add .
git commit -m ".NET Version Sweeper: Upgraded $projectDir"
# Push the branch to the repository
git push origin upgrade/$projectDir
# Create a pull request
gh pr create \
--base main \
--head upgrade/$projectDir \
--title "Upgraded $projectDir" \
--body "Proposed upgrade for $projectDir"
done
The .NET version sweeper currently supports reporting on all of the following types:
- C# project files:
*.csproj
- F# project files:
*.fsproj
- VB project files:
*.vbproj
- DNX project files:
*.xproj
- Project JSON files:
project.json
- Solution files:
*.sln
The .NET version sweeper also supports reporting Dockerfile target frameworks that are out-of-support, or soon to be, for example:
FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/framework/aspnet:4.8
COPY --from=mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/framework/runtime:3.5-20221011-windowsservercore-ltsc2019
To configure the action, you can create a file at the root of the repository named dotnet-versionsweeper.json. This config file contains a node, named "ignore"
that is an array of patterns following the globbing matcher detailed here.
The file can also contain a value outOfSupportWithinDays
to specify the number of additional days to consider flagging versions that will be out of support.
{
"ignore": [
"**/SomePath/**/*.csproj",
"**/*ThisShouldNeverBeFlagged.csproj",
"IgnoreDir/**/*.*"
],
"outOfSupportWithinDays": 90,
"actionType": "All"
}
For an example config file, see dotnet/samples/dotnet-versionsweeper.json.
Configuration | Type | Details |
---|---|---|
ignore |
string[] |
Glob patterns to ignore. |
outOfSupportWithinDays |
string[] |
The number of days in advance to monitor for. |
actionType |
ActionType "CreateIssue" "PullRequest" "All" |
The type of action to take, defaults to CreateIssue . |
This tool will create a label named dotnet-target-version
for easier tracking of issues and pull requests that it creates. The label is created with the following description and color by default, please do not change the name - as that is what is used to determine whether or not to create a new label.
Description
: "Issues and PRs automatically generated from the .NET version sweeper."Color
: Official .NET purple #512bd4
This repo serves as a sample, as it contains a directory non-lts with projects and solutions that are intentionally targeting unsupported versions. There are issues created against these to exemplify how they render. For more information, see these issues.
This action is intended to help determine non-LTS (or STS) versions, but it isn't perfect. When in doubt, please refer to the official .NET support policies.
Name | NuGet package URL & license |
---|---|
CommandLineParser |
https://www.nuget.org/packages/CommandLineParser (MIT) |
MarkdownBuilder |
https://www.nuget.org/packages/MarkdownBuilder (MIT) |
NSubstitute |
https://www.nuget.org/packages/NSubstitute (LICENSE) |
Octokit |
https://www.nuget.org/packages/Octokit (MIT) |
Octokit.Extensions |
https://www.nuget.org/packages/Octokit.Extensions (MIT) |