Allow skipping check with a 'no-issue' label on the PR

README.md

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ GitHub action to check if pull requests have their corresponding issues linked,
 |-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | `linked_issues_count` | The total number of issues linked to your pull request.          |
 | `issues`              | A stringified array containing the numbers of the linked issues, of the form ["some/repo#123", "another/repository#456"] |
+| `check_skipped`       | Will be set to `true` if the action was skipped due to a `no-issue` label present on the PR. |
 
 
 ## Standard Usage
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ Configure a workflow to run a job on `pull_request` or  `pull_request_target` ev
 If you enable the `comment` option (enabled by default) we recommend to listen on `pull_request_target` event.
 `pull_request_target` event has write permission to the target repository allowing external forks to create comments.
 
+The linked issue check will automatically succeed (and any present comment added by this action deleted) if a `no-issue` label is attached to the PR. In that case, the `check_skipped` output will also be set to `true`, allowing you to skip subsequent steps in your Github Action, if so desired.
+
 ### Permissions
 
 This action needs the following permissions:
@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ When the action cannot find any linked issues it will fail explaining the reason
 ## Comments
 
 ### Adding comments
-By default, when the job fails it adds a new comment on Pull Request, but you can also write your custom comment setting 
+By default, when the job fails it adds a new comment on Pull Request, but you can also write your custom comment setting
 `custom-body-comment`.
 
 ```yaml
@@ -147,4 +150,4 @@ Please **DO NOT** link issues manually from the sidebar, neither from commit mes
 
 You can also reference issues outside of the repository on which the workflow is running. This works only if the repository containing the issue is `public`. Issues in private repositories are not accessible by this action.
 
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__mocks__/@actions/github.js

@@ -51,6 +51,30 @@ module.exports = {
                     },
                   ],
                 },
+                labels: github.context.withNoIssueLabel
+                  ? {
+                    nodes: [
+                      {
+                        name: "foo",
+                      },
+                      {
+                        name: "no-issue",
+                      },
+                      {
+                        name: "bar",
+                      }
+                    ],
+                  }
+                  : {
+                    nodes: [
+                      {
+                        name: "foo",
+                      },
+                      {
+                        name: "bar",
+                      }
+                    ],
+                  },
               },
             },
           });