licensee/Licensed CI (for licensee/licensed)

Ensure cached licensee/licensed license data is valid and up to date

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uses: licensee/licensed-ci@f1f6507544a9db25b0f4730230bfdf67a9c1bc90 # v1.12.1

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Inputs

name	description	required	default
command	Licensed command to run	no	licensed
github_token	Access token to push license updates to GitHub	no	${{ github.token }}
config_file	Path to licensed configuration file	no	.licensed.yml
user_name	Name to use when pushing file changes	no	licensed-ci
user_email	Email to use when pushing file changes	no	licensed-ci@users.noreply.github.com
commit_message	Message to use when committing file changes	no	Auto-update license files
pr_comment	(Deprecated) Comment to add to a pull request, if one exists for the branch	no	—
workflow	Which workflow to run when metadata is updated. See README for more details.	no	push
cleanup_on_success	Whether to close open PRs and delete license branches on CI success in user branch. Only used by `branch` workflow	no	false
branch	Branch to run the action on when using `workflow_dispatch` or `schedule` event triggers	no	—
dependabot_skip	Whether to add [dependabot skip] to license update commits resulting from Dependabot updates	no	false
sources	Set to a string containing a comma-separated list of github/licensed source name to add `--sources` CLI arguments to cache and status commands.	no	—
format	Set to `yaml` or `json` to add the `--format` CLI argument to cache and status commands.	no	—

Outputs

name	description
licenses_branch	The branch containing licensed-ci changes.
user_branch	The branch containing user changes.
licenses_updated	A boolean string indicating whether license files were updated.
pr_url	The html url of the pull request containing license updates, if available.
pr_number	The number of the pull request containing license updates, if available.
pr_created	True if a pull request was created in a `branch` workflow, false otherwise.