[MNT,ENH] Assign-bot (Allow users to type alternative phrases for assingment) (#2704)

* added extra features

* added comments

* optimized code

* optimized code

* made changes requested by moderators

* fixed conflicts

* fixed conflicts

* fixed conflicts

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Co-authored-by: Ramana-Raja <[email protected]>

Author: Ramana-Raja

.github/utilities/issue_assign.py

@@ -24,46 +24,52 @@
 issue = repo.get_issue(number=issue_number)
 comment_body = context_dict["event"]["comment"]["body"]
 pr = context_dict["event"]["issue"].get("pull_request")
+commenter = context_dict["event"]["comment"]["user"]["login"]
 
-# Assign tagged used to the issue if the comment includes the trigger phrase
 body = comment_body.lower()
-if "@aeon-actions-bot" in body and "assign" in body and not pr:
-    mentioned_users = re.findall(r"@[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+", comment_body)
-    mentioned_users = [user[1:] for user in mentioned_users]
-    mentioned_users.remove("aeon-actions-bot")
+if "@aeon-actions-bot" in body and not pr:
+    # Assign commenter if comment includes "assign me"
+    if "assign me" in body:
+        issue.add_to_assignees(commenter)
+    # Assign tagged used to the issue if the comment includes the trigger phrase
+    elif "assign" in body:
+        mentioned_users = re.findall(r"@[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+", comment_body)
+        mentioned_users = [user[1:] for user in mentioned_users]
+        mentioned_users.remove("aeon-actions-bot")
 
-    for user in mentioned_users:
-        user_obj = g.get_user(user)
-        permission = repo.get_collaborator_permission(user_obj)
+        for user in mentioned_users:
+            user_obj = g.get_user(user)
+            permission = repo.get_collaborator_permission(user_obj)
 
-        if permission in ["admin", "write"]:
-            issue.add_to_assignees(user)
-        else:
-            # First check if the user is already assigned to this issue
-            if user in [assignee.login for assignee in issue.assignees]:
-                continue
+            if permission in ["admin", "write"]:
+                issue.add_to_assignees(user)
+            else:
+                # First check if the user is already assigned to this issue
+                if user in [assignee.login for assignee in issue.assignees]:
+                    continue
 
-            # search for open issues only
-            query = f"repo:{repo.full_name} is:issue is:open assignee:{user}"
-            issues_assigned_to_user = g.search_issues(query)
-            assigned_count = issues_assigned_to_user.totalCount
+                # search for open issues only
+                query = f"repo:{repo.full_name} is:issue is:open assignee:{user}"
+                issues_assigned_to_user = g.search_issues(query)
+                assigned_count = issues_assigned_to_user.totalCount
 
-            if assigned_count >= 2:
-                # link to issue
-                assigned_issues_list = [
-                    f"[#{assigned_issue.number}]({assigned_issue.html_url})"
-                    for assigned_issue in issues_assigned_to_user
-                ]
+                if assigned_count >= 2:
+                    # link to issue
+                    assigned_issues_list = [
+                        f"[#{assigned_issue.number}]({assigned_issue.html_url})"
+                        for assigned_issue in issues_assigned_to_user
+                    ]
 
-                comment_message = (
-                    f"@{user}, you already have {assigned_count} open issues assigned. "
-                    "Users without write access are limited to self-assigning two"
-                    "issues.\n\n"
-                    "Here are the open issues assigned to you:\n"
-                    + "\n".join(
-                        f"- {issue_link}" for issue_link in assigned_issues_list
+                    comment_message = (
+                        f"@{user}, you already have {assigned_count} "
+                        f"open issues assigned."
+                        "Users without write access are limited to self-assigning two"
+                        "issues.\n\n"
+                        "Here are the open issues assigned to you:\n"
+                        + "\n".join(
+                            f"- {issue_link}" for issue_link in assigned_issues_list
+                        )
                     )
-                )
-                issue.create_comment(comment_message)
-            else:
-                issue.add_to_assignees(user)
+                    issue.create_comment(comment_message)
+                else:
+                    issue.add_to_assignees(user)