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Get large string without catastrophic backtracking regex

I'm wanting to use Regex to get a specific file (e.g. package-lock.json) out of a git diff. The reason for this approach is because I'm getting a whole git diff via the Github API (Using Octocat js), therefore I can't just run the git diff on that…
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Probot Octokit - Get file from specific branch

I'm using Probot's Octokit to read a file from a repo: const content = await context.octokit.repos.getContent({owner: "OWNER", repo: "REPO", path:"PATH"}) However this only works for the master branch, is there a way to get the file from another…
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Read file from GH repository (Probot)

I'm using Probot/Octocat to run some code checks, one of the things I'm doing is checking against a list of breaking changes in a separate repository on an internal package update. Is there any easy way to read a file (.md) from a separate private…
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Best practices for using a REPL debugger with Express.js / Node.js

I'm trying to understand how a framework built with Express.js, called Probot, works. I'm fairly new to JS and Node.js, but I know my way around Ruby / Rails. When I'm trying to debug something with Ruby / Rails, I'll use [byebug][2]. I'll insert…
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Github Probot create-probot-app: 'Cannot POST /' (404) response to webhook request

Testing out the npx create-probot-app; tried with each of the starters and the same problem exists. I create, build, and run the app, and then configure and install the app on github, I am able to receive webhook events but I'm seeing my local app…
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Probot logs do not appear

I'm trying to log the flow of my probot app but they do not appear in my terminal. I've set up a boilerplate project by running npx create-probot-app my-first-app and choosing the basic-ts project. My index.ts file looks like this - import { Probot…
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Refactoring probot event functions into seperate file causes error: TypeError: handler is not a function

I have the vanilla probot event function from the docs that comments on new issues: const probotApp = app => { app.on("issues.opened", async context => { const params = context.issue({ body: "Hello World!" }); return…
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Github Probot: why are pinned issues treated as style and marked as wont_fix?

Using Probot on Github and it is configured like this: exemptLabels: - pinned - security # Label to use when marking an issue as stale staleLabel: wontfix ... yet Probot marks pinned issue as "stale" (example). The issue does not have an…
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ERROR event: Not Found; when triggering event from another event : probot app built in nodejs

I am building a GitHub app in probot and nodejs and trying to update the PR whenever a pull_request.synchronize event occurs. I know that doesn't make much sense, but the point is I want to be able to update the PR upon the occurrence of a certain…
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Reject Pull Request creation request if PR message body validation fails

Is there a way we can reject the Pull Request creation if certain conditions fail ? I am developing a GitHub App in nodejs and probot and would like to reject the pull request creation when the developer clicks on the "Create pull request" button if…
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Significance of the generic pull_request event and other more specific pull_request events like pull_request.opened

I am developing a GitHub App using nodejs and probot framework. I can see the Application class (https://probot.github.io/api/latest/classes/application.html) of the probot framework contains events like : > event: "pull_request" |…
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Using labels to automatically write reply and close issue/PR on Github

I would like to know if there is an existing way (probably app) to automatically write a reply and close an issue on Github based on a tag. For example, if I tag an issue with the label "upstream-something", I would like that it to write "your issue…
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Prevent-private-repos probot not functioning

Prevent-Public-Repos Probot App Not changing repo to private So far I have adjusted the parameters and tested various combinations of values. From what I can see on my Github Enterprise account (we are using cloud) is there is a new repository…
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How do I retrieve all the reviewers in the PR in a GitHub Probot

how do I retrieve all the reviewers in a pull request from Probot? I am using typescript. I am also listening on pull_request event type in Probot. I think I need to call context.github.pullRequests.getReview to get the list of reviewers, but since…
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How to retrieve the PR number in nodejs github probot listening on `pull_request` event

I have created a GitHub probot app using nodejs and typescript. I am listening on pull_request event. How do I retrieve pr_number from the probot context object? following is the code in intex.ts export = (app: Application) => { …
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