Allow to mention the contributor in the message.

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Welcome New Contributors
-Use this action to welcome the new contributors into your community. This action posts a welcome message whenever a new contributor opens his/her first issue or PR in your repository.
+Use this action to welcome new contributors into your community. This action posts a welcome message whenever a new contributor opens his/her first issue or PR in your repository.
 
 Additionally, you can also create your own bot account and use it to post the welcome messages instead of using the default `github-actions` bot.
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: 'Greet the contributor'
-        uses: garg3133/welcome-new-contributors@v1.1
+        uses: garg3133/welcome-new-contributors@v1.2
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           issue-message: 'Hello there, thanks for opening your first issue. We welcome you to the community!'
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: 'Greet the contributor'
-        uses: garg3133/welcome-new-contributors@v1.1
+        uses: garg3133/welcome-new-contributors@v1.2
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
           is-oauth-token: true
@@ -64,5 +64,8 @@ jobs:
 
 ![Jagrati-Bot](assets/Jagrati-Bot.png)
 
+### Want to tag the contributor in the message?
+Use `@contributor_name` anywhere in the message and it will be automatically replaced by the contributor's username.
+
 # License
 The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the [MIT License](https://github.com/garg3133/welcome-new-contributors/blob/main/LICENSE)

dist/index.js

@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ const run = async () => {
       return;
     }
 
+    // Prepare the final message
+    const final_message = message.replace(/@contributor_name/g, `@${sender}`);
+
 
     // To create a comment on a pull request, we hit the issue endpoint only.
     // See: https://octokit.github.io/rest.js/v18#pulls-create-review-comment
@@ -85,15 +88,15 @@ const run = async () => {
 
     const issueType = isIssue ? 'issue' : 'pull request';
     // Add a comment to the appropriate place
-    console.log(`Adding message: ${message} to ${issueType} ${number}`);
+    console.log(`Adding message: ${final_message} to ${issueType} ${number}`);
 
     // Add comment (greeting) to issue/PR
     try {
         await client.issues.createComment({
             owner,
             repo,
             issue_number: number,
-            body: message
+            body: final_message
         });
     } catch (error) {
         core.setFailed(error.message);

index.js

@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ const run = async () => {
       return;
     }
 
+    // Prepare the final message
+    const final_message = message.replace(/@contributor_name/g, `@${sender}`);
+
 
     // To create a comment on a pull request, we hit the issue endpoint only.
     // See: https://octokit.github.io/rest.js/v18#pulls-create-review-comment
@@ -78,15 +81,15 @@ const run = async () => {
 
     const issueType = isIssue ? 'issue' : 'pull request';
     // Add a comment to the appropriate place
-    console.log(`Adding message: ${message} to ${issueType} ${number}`);
+    console.log(`Adding message: ${final_message} to ${issueType} ${number}`);
 
     // Add comment (greeting) to issue/PR
     try {
         await client.issues.createComment({
             owner,
             repo,
             issue_number: number,
-            body: message
+            body: final_message
         });
     } catch (error) {
         core.setFailed(error.message);