label-comments.yaml

name: Labels workflow

on:
  pull_request:
    types: [labeled]

jobs:
  comments-for-labels:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      pull-requests: 'write'
    steps:
      - name: Comment on labeled pull request
        if: ${{ github.event.label.name == 'needs-tests' }}
        uses: actions/github-script@v6
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          script: |
            const { owner, repo } = context.repo;
            const { number, labels } = context.payload.pull_request;
            const message = 'Thanks for the pull request! ' +
              'Before we can merge this, we require tests to be added.  ' +
              'This helps us maintain the quality of the codebase and ' +
              'ensures we don\'t regress on this change in the future.  ' +
              'See our contributing guidelines for ' +
              'more details.  Let us know if you have any questions, and ' +
              'thanks again for the pull request!';
            await github.rest.issues.createComment({
                owner, repo, issue_number: number, body: message});