This action allows you to create epic issues on GitHub. Simply label an issue as epic and reference another issues in the task list:

This is an epic issue. List of individual issues is below:

- [ ] First issue #1
- [ ] Another issue (#2)
- [ ] Last issue #3 (not that important)

The action automatically updates the task list when referenced issue is closed (or reopened).

• github-token
  the GitHub token secret (use ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}} in action YAML)
  required
• epic-label-name
  name of the label you want to use for epic issues
  default: epic
• auto-close-epic
  auto close epic when all referenced issues are closed
  default: false

name: Update epics
on:
  issues:
    types: [opened, created, closed, reopened, deleted]
jobs:
  epics:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Update epic issues
    steps:
      - name: Run epics action
        uses: cloudaper/epics-action@v1
        with:
          github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
          epic-label-name: feature
          auto-close-epic: true