Discord-Github Workflow

[mindovermiles262]

Placeholder for the Discord-Github Workflow Project on TOP/Projects Kanban.
Discussion on Forum

We get a lot of ideas that come in from users on Discord. There should be a way to integrate these ideas that come up on Discord to our Github where we can create issues, track and manage them.

I propose a workflow as follows:

• User submits great idea in Discord #contribution-suggestions-bugs-discussions channel
• Mod approves great idea => Reacts with specific emoji
• Discord bot is listening to channel for specific emoji:
  • If emoji posted by a mod => Discord bot makes API request to Github. Issue is created
  • If emoji not posted by mod => Discord bot ignores.

On the opposite side, we should also have a way of pushing updates in github back to the discord channel. This will keep us interested and informed of the progress. Suggested workflow as follows:

• Issue is updated
• Github actions or webhooks are used to feed update back into #contribution-suggestions-bugs-discussions channel

[ZachBaird]

I think this would be great to start thinking about pushing soon. We have the Github notifications in hooks at the moment, I think it'd be very useful to start working on the Discord -> Github issue workflow.

[I3uckwheat]

@ZachBaird There's a lot that needs to be done with the bot right now. But it for sure will be added soon.

Once we get the tests done as well as a refactor.

[codyloyd]

I gotta say....... i'm not going to shoot you all down if you wanna try to make it work.. but I do not really like this idea. IMO it's a pretty slim chance that turning a discord comment into a github issue is going to be actually useful.... like you're gonna have to come in and clean it up anyway, format it correctly, add a title etc.

At which point you probably should have just started with the issue in GH.

BUT => it's not like it'll hurt anything either, so again, if you guys want to give it a go, have fun.

[I3uckwheat]

I gotta say....... i'm not going to shoot you all down if you wanna try to make it work.. but I do not really like this idea. IMO it's a pretty slim chance that turning a discord comment into a github issue is going to be actually useful.... like you're gonna have to come in and clean it up anyway, format it correctly, add a title etc.

At which point you probably should have just started with the issue in GH.

BUT => it's not like it'll hurt anything either, so again, if you guys want to give it a go, have fun.

I get your point, but we can just type up the MD in the discord. I just think it'd be a quicker way to get issues into GH. However, you are right when it comes to tagging and such. That could be a major problem

[codyloyd]

but we can just type up the MD in the discord

lol ok... that doesn't seem useful.. but 🤷

[I3uckwheat]

@codyloyd The hope was that we could get issues into GH right away so it's not forgotten about. A copy-paste of a student issue is easier than going to GH and making one.

That's the intent anyway.

[CouchofTomato]

I thought we wanted to keep issues as clear as possible from thrown around ideas. I wouldn’t mind it for bug fixes but I’m not sure it would work well. This would be abused with students throwing ideas around all over the place. This could be a nightmare to manage all the issues created.

[I3uckwheat]

@CouchofTomato The idea would be to only let maintainers+ add issues.

[codyloyd]

I don't think it would be that bad... so my perspective is: if y'all wanna try it, have fun.

I just can't see it being useful (to me, personally, considering the types of workflows i generally enjoy etc. etc.)

[codyloyd]

maybe just dropping this link in the chat would be useful 🤷 https://github.com/TheOdinProject/discussions/issues/new

edit: not the discussions one.. you know what i mean

[CouchofTomato]

I don’t personally have an issue opening an issue on GitHub but as long as it’s not open to abuse I don’t care either way. If it can be pulled off it’s a good project for someone.

[I3uckwheat]

I'm convinced to leave it as-is at this point. But i'm still cool with someone doing this if they want. I'd use it :D

[codyloyd]

oh hey

you can create and link to a new issue with querystrings.... this could actually be useful. Make the bot spit this out with the right info... again with the correct repo:

https://github.com/TheOdinProject/discussions/issues/new?title=New+bug+report&body=issue+body

deets: https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/managing-your-work-on-github/about-automation-for-issues-and-pull-requests-with-query-parameters#supported-query-parameters