Auto-update Custom Fields in Linked Asana Tasks

What does this do?

This GitHub Action updates a custom field in Asana called "Status" based on specific events related to pull requests (PRs). The updates occur under the following conditions:

• When a PR is merged (or any other push to the main branch).
• When a PR is opened or reopened.

Development of this GitHub Action

Use GitHub Codespaces to develop this in-browser. There's an existing codespace already set up.

Save your changes and commit the build artifacts:

nvm use && npm install && npm run build && npm run package && git add -A && git commit && git push origin main

Upon pushing to any branch, you'll trigger an automatic release

Using this Github Action from another repo

Make sure to allow Github Actions from the respective repo you want this Github Action to operate on.

Include a Github Workflow file in the respective repo:

.github/workflows/auto-update-asana-custom-field.yml

name: Asana Status

on:
  pull_request:
    types: [opened, reopened]
  push:
    branches:
      - "main"

jobs:
  auto-merge-main-into-open-pull-requests:
    name: Update
    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Update Asana Status
        uses: "sprucehealth/auto-update-asana-custom-field-action@latest"
        with:
          mainBranchName: main
          asanaToken: ${{ secrets.ASANA_TOKEN }}
          githubToken: ${{ github.token }}
          statusFieldName: "Status"
          statusFieldValueWhenDraftPRIsOpen: "📖 In Code Review"
          statusFieldValueWhenPRReadyForReviewIsOpen: "✏️ In Development"
          statusFieldValueWhenPRReadyForReviewIsApproved: "✅ Approved"
          statusFieldValueForMergedCommitToMain: "ᛦ Merged"
          labelToApplyToPRWhenApproved: "QA_PENDING"