describe-docker is a GitHub action designed to update docker image description.

• In your GitHub repository, select the Actions tab and either add or edit a workflow.
• Search for describe-docker from the Marketplace tab on the right.
• Copy and paste the yaml into your workflow.

[OR]

Copy & paste the following workflow definition into your project .github/workflows/describe-docker.yml

name: Docker Hub Description

on:
  push:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  describe-docker:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: thevickypedia/describe-docker@v1
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
          summary: "Short description to summarize the docker image"
          repository: "vaultapi"
          filename: "README.md"

• Commit your changes to trigger the workflow or run the workflow manually.

• username - Docker hub username.
• password - Docker hub password.
• registry - Docker hub registry URL (defaults to https://hub.docker.com/v2)
• repository - Name of the docker image repository. Docker hub username is prefixed automatically.
• summary - Docker repository overview (100-character limit)
• filename - Filename to read the full description for the docker image.

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