[Feat]: Overwrite open PR

[kdeldycke]

Describe the feature

I'd like to have a way to tell actions-template-sync it is okay to overwrite an existing PR.

This might solve issue #481, but also goes beyond that, as it will reset the commits attached to that PR and force a push.

Use Case

I want my workflows based on actions-template-sync to have authority on the PR it creates, but also gives actions-template-sync the permission to scrap any changes added after its run.

It will also address some edge-cases I stumble into while experimenting in the context #467, where my PR is stuck because actions-template-sync is not capable of getting over some merge conflicts (see #476).

Proposed Solution

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Acknowledgements

• I may be able to implement this feature request

[AndreasAugustin]

Hi @kdeldycke and thanks for your patience.
With #499 you have the option to force push PRs. Please note that you also need to add more permissions for the workflow (repository-projects: read)

  permissions:
    contents: write
    pull-requests: write
    repository-projects: read

Documented here https://github.com/AndreasAugustin/actions-template-sync#force-push-and-pr
This will also close #481 . Decided to have the option to opt in to this feature (not forcing per default).

Will be available in v1.12.0

[kdeldycke]

Can confirm this is working! :)