❓PLEASE HELP - API is not working to link PR with issue through PR description OR PR comment

[beingminimal]

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Hi Devs

We want to automate one workflow through issue comments,
which should create a new branch and PR & After creating a new PR we need to link it with the same issue from which we triggered this automation (from issue comments).

But as per github docs we can link a pull request to an issue using a keyword only.
So we are adding keywords like "Fixes #<Issue_Number>" in PR description and comment by github action but it's not linking PR with issues.

But after running above automation as written below

name: Create branch, add sample commit and create PR
on:
  issue_comment:
    types: [created]
    # Make sure to include the slash command you want to trigger this action
    # For example, if the command is "/create-branch", use "/create-branch"
    # Don't forget the leading forward slash!
    pattern: /create-branch
jobs:
  create_branch_and_pr:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Check Comment
      id: check_comment
      uses: actions/github-script@v6
      with:
        result-encoding: string
        github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        script: |
          const comment = context.payload.comment.body;
          if (comment !== '/create-branch') {
            console.log('Comment does not match "Create branch and PR"');
            return "false";
          }
          console.log('Comment matches "Create branch and PR"');
          return "true";
    - name: Set up Git user
      run: |
          git config --global user.name "beingminimal"
          git config --global user.email "hello@codecycle.tech"
    - name: Checkout code
      if: ${{ steps.check_comment.outputs.result == 'true' }}
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Get issue number
      id: get_issue_number
      if: ${{ steps.check_comment.outputs.result == 'true' }}
      run: echo "issue_number=${{github.event.issue.number}}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
    - name: Get issue title
      if: ${{ steps.check_comment.outputs.result == 'true' }}
      run: echo "issue_title=${{github.event.issue.title}}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
    - name: Set branch name variable
      if: ${{ steps.check_comment.outputs.result == 'true' }}
      run: |
        title=$(echo ${{env.issue_title}} | sed 's/[^[:alnum:]]/ /g' | tr '[:space:]' '-')
        echo "branch_name=${{ env.issue_number }}-${title}-${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
    - name: Create branch and push sample commit
      if: ${{ steps.check_comment.outputs.result == 'true' }}
      run: |
        echo ${{ env.branch_name }}
        git checkout -b ${{ env.branch_name }}
        echo "This is a sample commit" >> file.txt
        git add file.txt
        git commit -m  "Add file.txt"
        git push origin ${{ env.branch_name }}
        git checkout main
    - name: Create Pull Request
      id: create_pr
      if: ${{ steps.check_comment.outputs.result == 'true' }}
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      run: |
          # Get the SHA of the latest commit
          SHA=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)

          # Set the base and head branches
          BASE_BRANCH=main
          HEAD_BRANCH=${{ env.branch_name }}

          # Set the pull request title and body
          PR_BODY="Hello \n    Fixes #${{env.issue_number}}  "

          # Make a POST request to the GitHub API to create the pull request
          response=$(gh pr create -t "${{env.issue_title}} PR" -b "${PR_BODY}" --base ${BASE_BRANCH} --head ${HEAD_BRANCH})
          echo "response=${response}"
          pr_num=$(echo $response | sed 's/.*\///')
          echo "num=${pr_num}"
          echo "pr_number=${pr_num}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
    - name: Delete sample file
      if: ${{env.pr_number != ''}}
      run: |
        echo ${{ env.branch_name }}
        git checkout ${{ env.branch_name }}
        rm file.txt
        git add -A
        git commit -m "Delete file.txt"
        git push origin ${{ env.branch_name }}
    - name: Edit PR Body and add comment
      if: ${{env.pr_number != ''}}
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      run: |
         PR_NUMBER=${{env.pr_number}}
         UPDATED_BODY="
           Fixes #${{env.issue_number}}
         "
         gh pr edit ${PR_NUMBER} --body "${UPDATED_BODY}"
         gh pr comment ${PR_NUMBER} -b "${UPDATED_BODY}"
      

The PR number is being mentioned in issue history as shown in the below image.

But newly created PR is not being linked with issue.
And after, when we edit & save PR description or comment without even adding any text there from github UI then github understands it and links the PR with the mentioned issue number.

Please help to solve this.
Thanks

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[beingminimal]

@queenofcorgis any solution? please help

[queenofcorgis]

Hi @beingminimal ,

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[beingminimal]

By adding a new own github token with required permission we have achieved this. Thanks