Automatic PRs creation doesn't work (at least for me)

[mathbunnyru]

I tried to automatically create PR for mongo-cxx-driver.

I used this link:
https://github.com/qchateau/conan-center-index/pull/new/ccb-mongo-cxx-driver-3.6.2

When I press Create pull request button, I get the following error:
Pull request creation failed. Validation failed: You can't perform that action at this time.

[qchateau]

It probably only work for me then, I need to check that feature from another github account properly :/

[prince-chrismc]

Ive been able to create PRs in the past and recently!

[mathbunnyru]

Ive been able to create PRs in the past and recently!

Unfortunately. still doesn't work for me.

[qchateau]

That's weird, there's no magic with this feature, it's just a plain URL. If you're connected to your github account it should work I guess

[prince-chrismc]

Try this conan-io/conan-center-index@master...qchateau:ccb-mongo-cxx-driver-3.6.2

[qchateau]

Works for me

[mathbunnyru]

Try this conan-io/[email protected]:ccb-mongo-cxx-driver-3.6.2

It doesn't work as well :(

[qchateau]

Meh, I need to create a test github account

[qchateau]

Weird: conan-io/conan-center-index#4421

[ericLemanissier]

I got the same error message as @mathbunnyru described earlier, but it worked when I modified the text of the pull request.

[qchateau]

Oh maybe that's it, it sounds like an anti spam feature of Github.
I've always modified the text, be it to set the right library name or version, or to include a footnote about CCB

[prince-chrismc]

I always check the boxes!

it sounds like an anti spam feature

👍

[mathbunnyru]

Thanks @ericLemanissier, it worked for me as well.

@qchateau I think we could change the message in the PR so it always includes the package name and the new version.
This way we will make sure all the messages are a bit different and I think it will prevent GitHub from denying PRs.

[qchateau]

The initial text is the template defined by CCI, as much as I'd like to, I don't think my bot/website can change the default text

[prince-chrismc]

conan-io/conan-center-index#4522

[mathbunnyru]

The initial text is the template defined by CCI, as much as I'd like to, I don't think my bot/website can change the default text

That's true, but I think we can add some text here:

conan-center-bot/ccb/update/common.py

Line 243 in c55f327

"Generated and committed by [Conan Center Bot](https://github.com/qchateau/conan-center-bot)\n"

Generated and committed by Conan Center Bot
Find more updatable recipes in the GitHub Pages

This is always in the first PR message, so I think adding info about the name of the recipe and the version won't hurt and it might resolve my issue.

[qchateau]

This is the commit message, which already contains the library name on version on its first line.
It seems by default Github uses the first line of the commit message as the PR title, and the rest of the commit message as the PR description. Then the CCI PR template is appended.

conan-center-bot/ccb/update/common.py

Lines 242 to 244 in c55f327

	f"{recipe.name}: add version {conan_version}\n\n"
	"Generated and committed by [Conan Center Bot](https://github.com/qchateau/conan-center-bot)\n"
	"Find more updatable recipes in the [GitHub Pages](https://qchateau.github.io/conan-center-bot/)",