Star History CI

Version updated for https://github.com/ranxi2001/star-history-ci to version v2.0.0.

• This action is used across all versions by ? repositories.

Action Type

This is a Composite action.

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Action Summary

The Star History CI GitHub Action automates the process of keeping star history charts alive in READMEs by rendering, renaming, and publishing SVG files to a stable output branch. It solves the problem of maintaining up-to-date star chart visualizations without manually updating images in the default repository branch. The action runs from source within the repository and does not rely on third-party services for rendering or publishing, ensuring security and control over the data.

What’s Changed

Breaking change

Version 2 requires a PAT owned by an admin or collaborator of every repository being charted. Store it as STAR_HISTORY_TOKEN and pass it through the token input.

Highlights

• Vendors the Star History renderer and locked dependencies into this repository.
• Replaces third-party render and publishing Actions with local scripts.
• Handles both 403 and restricted empty stargazer responses safely.
• Adds offline renderer, access-control, filename, and publishing tests.

Upgrade

- uses: ranxi2001/star-history-ci@v2
  with:
    repos: ${{ github.repository }}
    token: ${{ secrets.STAR_HISTORY_TOKEN }}

See CHANGELOG.md for details.

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