metrics/.github/readme/partials/documentation/setup/action.md

⚙️ Using GitHub Action on a profile repository (~10 min setup)

Setup a GitHub Action which runs periodically and pushes generated images to a repository.

Assuming your username is my-github-user, you can then embed rendered metrics in your readme like below:

<!-- If you're using "master" as default branch -->
![Metrics](https://github.com/my-github-user/my-github-user/blob/master/github-metrics.svg)
<!-- If you're using "main" as default branch -->
![Metrics](https://github.com/my-github-user/my-github-user/blob/main/github-metrics.svg)

💬 How to setup?

0. Setup a personal repository

Create a repository with the same name as your GitHub login (if it's not already done).

Its README.md will be displayed on your user profile:

1. Create a GitHub personal token

From the Developer settings of your account settings, select Personal access tokens to create a new token.

No additional scopes are needed for basic metrics, but you may have to grant additional scope depending on what features you're planning to use:

• public_repo scope for some plugins
• read:org scope for all organizations related metrics
• repo scope for all private repositories related metrics
  • read:user scope may also be required for some private repositories related metrics

A scope-less token can still display private contributions by enabling Include private contributions on my profile in your account settings:

If a plugin has not enough scopes to operate (and plugins_errors_fatal isn't enabled), it'll be reported in the rendering like below:

2. Put your GitHub personal token in your repository secrets

Go to the Settings of your repository to create a new secret and paste your freshly generated GitHub token there.

3. Create a GitHub Action workflow in your repository

Create a new workflow from the Actions tab of your repository and paste the following:

name: Metrics
on:
  # Schedule updates (each hour)
  schedule: [{cron: "0 * * * *"}]
  # Lines below let you run workflow manually and on each commit (optional)
  workflow_dispatch:
  push: {branches: ["master", "main"]}
jobs:
  github-metrics:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      # See action.yml for all options
      - uses: lowlighter/metrics@latest
        with:
          # Your GitHub token
          token: ${{ secrets.METRICS_TOKEN }}

See all supported options in action.yml.

Rendered metrics will be committed to your repository on each run.

Choosing between @latest, @master or a fork

If you wish to use new features as they're being released, you can switch from @latest to @master. As the latter is used as a development branch, jobs may fail from time to time (although we try to mitigate this).

For convenience, it is possible to use @main instead of @master.

When using a token with additional permissions, it is advised to fork this repository and use it instead to minimize security risks:

      - uses: my-github-username/metrics@master
      # If you make changes on your fork, be sure not leave @latest as tag!

In this case, please consider watching new releases to stay up-to-date and enjoy latest features!

@latest will be updated on each release. Metrics doesn't introduce breaking changes from an user point of view (i.e. your workflows will always be valid) so you can follow release cycles without worrying.

Examples workflows

Metrics displayed on this page are rendered from this workflow so you can check it out for some code examples about plugins usage.

You can also take a look at this user workflow if you want.

4. Embed link into your README.md

Update your README.md to embed your metrics:

<!-- If you're using "master" as default branch -->
![Metrics](https://github.com/my-github-user/my-github-user/blob/master/github-metrics.svg)
<!-- If you're using "main" as default branch -->
![Metrics](https://github.com/my-github-user/my-github-user/blob/main/github-metrics.svg)
<!-- If you're using the "columns" display mode -->
<img src="https://github.com/my-github-user/my-github-user/blob/master/github-metrics.svg" alt="Metrics" width="100%">