GitHub autoflake Action

This GitHub action automatically removes unused imports and variables from your Python code using autoflake.

Usage

Parameters

The following parameters can be used in your custom action configuration.

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
commit_message	❌	'Removed unused imports and variables'	Custom git commit message
commit_options	❌	-	Custom git commit options
file_pattern	❌	'*'	Custom file pattern for git add
checkpath	❌	'.'	The path autoflake checks
no_commit	❌	False	Avoid committing, if used in a pipeline
options	❌	' '	Parameters to use with autoflake
dry	❌	false	Dry-run the action to fail when detecting uncompliant files, instead of automatically fixing them.

Example

This is a simple usage example of this script:

# This action works with pull requests and pushes
name: Continuous Integration

on:
  pull_request:
  push:
    branches:
    - master

jobs:
  format:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
    - uses: creyD/autoflake_action@master
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Issues

Please report all bugs and feature request using the GitHub issues function.

FAQ

Repository workflow settings

To be able to push to your repository you will need to enable "Read and write permissions" for your repository. You can find these settings in the settings of the repository under Actions > General > Workflow Permissions.

If you do not set this, you might encounter this issue: