Merge pull request #51 from peter-evans/not-found-error

Improve error message for 404 errors

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -76,11 +76,9 @@ jobs:
           name: dist
           path: dist
       - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v2
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
         with:
           commit-message: Update distribution
-          committer: GitHub <noreply@github.com>
-          author: ${{ github.actor }} <${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com>
           title: Update distribution
           body: |
             - Updates the distribution for changes on `master`

.github/workflows/slash-command-dispatch.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Slash Command Dispatch
-        uses: peter-evans/slash-command-dispatch@v1
+        uses: peter-evans/slash-command-dispatch@v2
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_BOT_TOKEN }}
           config: >

.github/workflows/update-dep.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
           npx -p npm-check-updates ncu -u
           npm install
       - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v2
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
         with:
             token: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_BOT_TOKEN }}
             commit-message: Update dependencies

README.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ A GitHub action to create a repository dispatch event.
 
 | Name | Description | Default |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| `token` | (**required**) A `repo` scoped GitHub [Personal Access Token](https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line). See [token](#token) for further details. | |
+| `token` | (**required**) A `repo` scoped GitHub [Personal Access Token](https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token). See [token](#token) for further details. | |
 | `repository` | The full name of the repository to send the dispatch. | `github.repository` (current repository) |
 | `event-type` | (**required**) A custom webhook event name. | |
 | `client-payload` | JSON payload with extra information about the webhook event that your action or workflow may use. | `{}` |
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ A GitHub action to create a repository dispatch event.
 #### `token`
 
 This action creates [`repository_dispatch`](https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/#create-a-repository-dispatch-event) events.
-The default `GITHUB_TOKEN` does not have scopes to do this so a `repo` scoped [PAT](https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line) is required.
+The default `GITHUB_TOKEN` does not have scopes to do this so a `repo` scoped [PAT](https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token) created on a user with `write` access to the target repository is required.
 If you will be dispatching to a public repository then you can use the more limited `public_repo` scope.
 
 ## Example
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
 
 ### Dispatch to multiple repositories
 
-You can dispatch to multiple repositories by using a [matrix strategy](https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstrategy). In the following example, after the `build` job succeeds, an event is dispatched to three different repositories.
+You can dispatch to multiple repositories by using a [matrix strategy](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstrategymatrix). In the following example, after the `build` job succeeds, an event is dispatched to three different repositories.
 
 ```yml
 jobs:
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ The following payload will succeed.
 client-payload: '{"github": ${{ toJson(github) }}}'
 ```
 
+Additionally, there is a limitation on the total data size of the `client-payload`. A very large payload may result in a `client_payload is too large` error.
+
 ## License
 
 [MIT](LICENSE)

package.json

@@ -27,22 +27,22 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/peter-evans/repository-dispatch#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@actions/core": "1.2.4",
+    "@actions/core": "1.2.6",
-    "@actions/github": "3.0.0"
+    "@actions/github": "4.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/jest": "25.2.3",
+    "@types/jest": "26.0.15",
-    "@types/node": "14.0.10",
+    "@types/node": "14.14.6",
-    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "3.1.0",
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "4.6.1",
-    "@zeit/ncc": "0.22.3",
+    "@vercel/ncc": "0.24.1",
-    "eslint": "7.1.0",
+    "eslint": "7.12.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-github": "4.0.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-github": "4.1.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-jest": "23.13.2",
+    "eslint-plugin-jest": "24.1.0",
-    "jest": "26.0.1",
+    "jest": "26.6.3",
-    "jest-circus": "26.0.1",
+    "jest-circus": "26.6.3",
     "js-yaml": "3.14.0",
-    "prettier": "2.0.5",
+    "prettier": "2.1.2",
-    "ts-jest": "26.1.0",
+    "ts-jest": "26.4.3",
-    "typescript": "3.9.3"
+    "typescript": "4.0.5"
   }
 }

src/main.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
     })
   } catch (error) {
     core.debug(inspect(error))
-    core.setFailed(error.message)
+    if (error.status == 404) {
+      core.setFailed(
+        'Repository not found, OR token has insufficient permissions.'
+      )
+    } else {
+      core.setFailed(error.message)
+    }
   }
 }