By default, WIP is setting a pull request status to pending if it finds one of the following terms in the pull request titles

• wip
• work in progress
• 🚧

The pro plan allows for configuration of both the terms and the locations that the app is looking for the terms. The pending status can be overwritten by adding @wip ready for review to the pull request body.

Repositories belonging to an account or organization with a Pro plan subscription can be configured by creating a .github/wip.yml file. Two options can be configured

1. locations: any of title (pull request title), label_name and commit_subject (1st line of the pull request’s commit messages). Default: title
2. terms: list of strings to look for in the defined locations. All terms are case-insensitive. Default: wip, work in progress and 🚧

Example:

locations:
- title
- label_name
- commit_subject
terms:
- do not merge
- ⛔

The above configuration makes WIP look for "do not merge" and "⛔" in the pull request title, all assigned label names and all commit subjects.

You can also configure different terms for different locations:

- terms: 🚧
  locations:
  - title
  - label_name
- terms:
  - fixup!
  - squash!
  locations: commit_subject

The above configuration looks first for 🚧 in the pull request title and assigned label names. After that it looks for fixup! and squash! in the commit subjects.

Besides being a hopefully useful GitHub application, the WIP app is also meant as a reference implementation. I try to keep the complexity low and the code easy to follow. If you are thinking of creating your own GitHub app, the WIP might be a good starting point for you.

Besides the code, I also made our policies good templates for your app.

All revenue from the "pro" plan will be donated to Rails Girls Summer of Code. I only added the paid plan to make the WIP a real-life GitHub App example. If you cannot pay but depend on the pro features you can add your account with an explanation to the pro-plan-for-free.js file.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to create an issue.

See CONTRIBUTING.md

The WIP app was created by Gregor Martynus. You can follow him on twitter at @gr2m.

The logo was created by Micah Ilbery.

License: Apache 2.0. Privacy Policy. Security Policy. Code of Conduct