update-base.yml

name: Update Base Branch

on:
  pull_request_target:
    types: [ labeled ]

jobs:
  update:
    if: ${{ github.event.label.name == 'update-base' }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - uses: actions/github-script@v3
        with:
          github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
          script: |
            const updateLabel = 'update-base';
            const owner = context.repo.owner;
            const repo = context.repo.repo;
            const pull_number = issue_number = ${{ github.event.number }};

            const { data: repoData } = await github.repos.get({ owner, repo });
            const base = repoData.default_branch;

            const { data: pull } = await github.pulls.get({ owner, repo, pull_number });

            if (pull.base.ref == base) {
                await github.issues.createComment({ owner, repo, issue_number, body: '🚨 Target branch is already set to ' + base });

            } else {
                await github.pulls.update({ owner, repo, pull_number, base });
                await github.issues.createComment({ owner, repo, issue_number, body: '🚀 Target branch has been updated to ' + base });
                await github.issues.removeLabel({ owner, repo, issue_number, name: updateLabel });

                try {
                    // Updates the pull request with the latest upstream changes.
                    await github.pulls.updateBranch({ owner, repo, pull_number })
                } catch (error) {
                    // 422 is returned when there is a merge conflict
                    if (error.status === 422) {
                        await github.issues.createComment({ owner, repo, issue_number, body: '🚨 Please fix merge conflicts before this can be merged' });
                        await github.issues.addLabels({ owner, repo, issue_number, labels: ['outdated'] });
                        return;
                    }

                    throw error;
                }
            }