add author of a pr as assignee

Author: dbasunag

.github/README.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 - Run `tox`
 - Close stale PRs
 - Check for offensive language
+- Assign the PR to the author
 
 ### On user action
 - Add to or remove a label from PR; supported labels: `wip`, `lgtm`, `verified`, and `hold`.  
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@
 
 ## To be added
 - Block merging if not all defined checks pass. For example: a `verified` label was added and at least 2 approvals.
-- When a PR is opened, assign the PR to the PR owner
 - When a PR is opened, add reviewers (requires updates to OWNERS file(s))
 - When a PR is reviewed/commented by a user who's not the PR owner, add `reviewed|commented|approved-by-<username>` label
 - When a PR is ready to be merged (all checks passed), add `ready-to-merge` label

.github/workflows/add-welcome-comment.yml …ows/add-welcome-comment-set-assignee.yml.github/workflows/add-welcome-comment.yml renamed to .github/workflows/add-welcome-comment-set-assignee.yml .github/workflows/add-welcome-comment.yml renamed to .github/workflows/add-welcome-comment-set-assignee.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Add Welcome Comment
+name: Add Welcome Comment And Set PR Assignee
 on:
   pull_request_target:
     types: [opened]
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_PR_NUMBER: ${{github.event.pull_request.number}}
           GITHUB_EVENT_ACTION: ${{github.event.action}}
           GITHUB_EVENT_NAME: ${{github.event_name}}
-          ACTION: "add-welcome-comment"
+          ACTION: "add-welcome-comment-set-assignee"
         run: uv run python .github/workflows/scripts/pr_workflow.py

.github/workflows/scripts/constants.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
  * PR size label.
  * Run [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.ci/)
  * Run [tox](https://tox.wiki/)
+ * Add PR author as the PR assignee
 
 Available user actions:
  * To mark a PR as `WIP`, add `/wip` in a comment. To remove it from the PR comment `/wip cancel` to the PR.

.github/workflows/scripts/pr_workflow.py

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class PrBaseClass:
     class SupportedActions:
         add_remove_labels_action_name: str = "add-remove-labels"
         pr_size_action_name: str = "add-pr-size-label"
-        welcome_comment_action_name: str = "add-welcome-comment"
+        welcome_comment_action_name: str = "add-welcome-comment-set-assignee"
         supported_actions: set[str] = {
             pr_size_action_name,
             add_remove_labels_action_name,
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def run_pr_label_action(self) -> None:
             self.add_remove_pr_labels()
 
         if self.action == self.SupportedActions.welcome_comment_action_name:
-            self.add_welcome_comment()
+            self.add_welcome_comment_set_assignee()
 
     def get_pr_size(self) -> int:
         additions: int = 0
@@ -294,8 +294,9 @@ def issue_comment_label_actions(
             if commented_by_label not in self.pr_labels:
                 self.add_pr_label(label=commented_by_label)
 
-    def add_welcome_comment(self) -> None:
+    def add_welcome_comment_set_assignee(self) -> None:
         self.pr.create_issue_comment(body=WELCOME_COMMENT)
+        self.pr.add_to_assignees(self.pr.user.login)
 
 
 def main() -> None: