Not Updating the README

[akrish4]

Describe the bug
I have copied the exact template given in docs and the bot is working fine when i write that command to add , but its not getting updated in readme , ls tell me what changes to be made in readme like how the table ? How to make it automatically add the table to readme ?
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Expected behavior
I have copied the exact template given in docs and the bot is working fine when i write that command to add , but its not getting updated in readme , ls tell me what changes to be made in readme like how the table ? How to make it automatically add the table to readme ?

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[Berkmann18]

I'm really not sure I understand what you wrote.
Is the bot creating a PR that edit the README (or whatever file set in .all-contributorsrc) and the config file?

[akrish4]

yes it is making pr , but it is not adding any users to readme

@Berkmann18

i have just added the .all-contributorsrc file in root thtsall
do i have to add a config file also ? where ? what is the filename and path?

One person told that I just have to add one comment in readme and then install bot and when i comment on any issue to add a user , the bot automatically creates a .all-contributorsrc for me ? is it ?
Actually I have myself created the above file and copied the whole template given in docs
Pls help

[gr2m]

Can you share one the URL of the PRs, even if the repo is private? We can look up in the logs if we find something out

[crimelabs786]

Hi, I've the same issue as @akrish4.

I'm sharing the details:

Sample PRs from bot that only updates the config file, not the README

• docs: add Jtnydv as a contributor indiainvestments/content#34
• docs: add M-e-r-c-u-r-y as a contributor indiainvestments/content#31

This was working quite well earlier, as you might have noticed from the closed PRs.

But then I changed repo visibility a few times (it was private in the beginning), and it started failing this way - empty commits for README changes.

[gr2m]

I think the problem might be that the two issues where you communicated with the bot are locked:

• docs: add M-e-r-c-u-r-y as a contributor indiainvestments/content#31
• Add contributors indiainvestments/content#4 (comment)

We receive according errors.

So what currently happens is: the process is not completed, an error is thrown.

I guess what should happen instead: ignore the "issue is locked" error and just continue.

Would you like to start creating a PR with a failing test, and we continue discussion there? The test would be added here:
https://github.com/all-contributors/app/blob/64fde8c89e845b26692bef353f9eaf8fc46cad45/test/integration/issue_comment.test.js. The response status to creating a comment in case the thread is locked is 403, the response body is

{
  "message": "Unable to create comment because issue is locked.",
  "documentation_url": "https://docs.github.com/articles/locking-conversations/"
}

The http mock in the new test would look like this

      .post(
        "/repos/all-contributors/all-contributors-bot/issues/1/comments",
        (body) => {
          expect(body).toMatchSnapshot("request body");
          return true;
        }
      ).reply(403, {
        message: "Unable to create comment because issue is locked.",
        documentation_url: "https://docs.github.com/articles/locking-conversations/",
      });

[crimelabs786]

Hi @gr2m, thanks for promptly looking into it.

I locked that thread because of potential comment astro-turfing (I run a finance-related community on Reddit, and the repo is related to that - let's just say GME saga has brought a lot of trolls out of the woodwork 😓 ).

Anyway, I unlocked the thread, created another contribution entry just now invoking the bot: indiainvestments/content#37

It's still the same - README.md not getting updated.

[gr2m]

I'll look into it once I catch up with work today. I think these are two issues that might or might not be related.

The PR has a commit to update the README, but it's empty for some reason.

[crimelabs786]

Hi @gr2m 👋

Just checking since it's been over a week now. Is there something we can do to get this moving? Happy to help 😃

[gr2m]

sorry for the delay. I have the issue in my backlog, I'll get to it eventually

[tisonkun]

I have the same issue as

pingcap/tidb-dev-guide@49b5413

[LovelyBuggies]

I'm really not sure I understand what you wrote. Is the bot creating a PR that edit the README (or whatever file set in .all-contributorsrc) and the config file?

It's because you remove the comments of all-contributors.

[tenshiAMD]

@akrish4 is this still relevant today? Please let us know. Closing this one for now.