Option to not be @'d in the comments

[jagregory]

Is your feature request related to a problem

I have a lot of Terraform matrix jobs and when they run in a PR I get @'d in the comments... a lot.

Describe the solution you'd like

It'd be awesome if I could disable @'ing in the action, so I don't get spammed with notifications when my PRs run.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Turning my phone off. 😆

[rdhar]

Thanks @jagregory, this issue/request is way too relatable!

Trying to figure how best to address it:

• Simplest would be to add something like a "mention-author" option to toggle @'ing. But that's yet another input parameter to add to the list.
• Alternatively, add an option to specify the line like, "By <author> at <timestamp> (<link>)". BUT that's still another input parameter, and way more complex to interpolate!
• Got some other ideas?

As an aside, would you mind sharing a little more about your experience with this Action? External feedback is rare, especially from matrix users, so keen to know how you're getting along.

[jagregory]

I have one pipeline which can sometimes trigger up-to 40 matrixed terraform jobs 😅

I was thinking the first option would be the simplest, just template the inclusion/exclusion of the @ in the message body so the author doesn't get tagged. Anything more than that feels like it would get complicated quite quickly.

As for feedback, it's been a very helpful action and I tried a couple of alternatives but found this one the easiest to use and produces the most useful output. I particularly like the short summary of changes which is great for an at-a-glance look, and the inclusion of a diff as well so I don't have to pour over the full plan to understand what's changing. Specifically for matrix use: I don't love that there's a comment created per job but I understand why that is. If there was a way to "fan-in" after a matrix job to post a single summary comment that would be amazing, but I think that's a lot of complexity and might not be worth the effort.

Thinking out loud (and back to the original issue) perhaps an option to only tag the author in a comment when a diff has changes? That would be probably be more useful than just disabling the tagging entirely. Or possibly a variation on #361 but more about posting comments than uploading plans.