fix(workflow): add empty commit if no activity has been detected for over 50 days (#115)

* fix(workflow): added empty commit function

* fix(workflow): optimize error handling

* fix(workflow): add debug for difference in days and remove unprocessed options

* fix(workflow): updated empty commit function

* fix(workflow): fix variable resolution

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Co-authored-by: tuunit <[email protected]>

Author: aeswibon

.github/workflows/node.js.yml

@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Use Node 16
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Use Node 20
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 20
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run format:check
       - run: npm run build

README.md

@@ -49,14 +49,15 @@ You can find an example [here](https://github.com/jamesgeorge007/jamesgeorge007/
 
 Use the following `input params` to customize it for your use case:-
 
-| Input Param    | Default Value                                         | Description                                               |
-| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `GH_USERNAME`  | Your GitHub username                                  | Username for which to generate the activity overview      |
-| `COMMIT_NAME`  | github-actions[bot]                                   | Name of the committer                                     |
-| `COMMIT_EMAIL` | 41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com | Email of the committer                                    |
-| `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 |
-| `TARGET_FILE`  | README.md                                             | The file to insert recent activity into                   |
+| Input Param        | Default Value                                                            | Description                                               |
+| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `GH_USERNAME`      | Your GitHub username                                                     | Username for which to generate the activity overview      |
+| `COMMIT_NAME`      | github-actions[bot]                                                      | Name of the committer                                     |
+| `COMMIT_EMAIL`     | 41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com                    | Email of the committer                                    |
+| `COMMIT_MSG`       | :zap: Update README with the recent activity                             | Commit message used while committing to the repo          |
+| `EMPTY_COMMIT_MSG` | :memo: empty commit to keep workflow active after 60 days of no activity | Commit message used when there are no updates             |
+| `MAX_LINES`        | 5                                                                        | The maximum number of lines populated in your readme file |
+| `TARGET_FILE`      | README.md                                                                | The file to insert recent activity into                   |
 
 ```yml
 name: Update README

action.yml

@@ -27,10 +27,14 @@ inputs:
     description: "The file location to write changes to"
     default: "README.md"
     required: false
+  EMPTY_COMMIT_MSG:
+    description: "Commit message used when there are no updates"
+    default: ":memo: empty commit to keep workflow active after 60 days of no activity"
+    required: false
 branding:
   color: yellow
   icon: activity
 
 runs:
-  using: node16
+  using: node20
   main: dist/index.js