Close

Close a pull request.

The close action allows Mergify to automatically close pull requests when the specified conditions are met. This can be particularly useful when you want to ensure that certain types of pull requests are not merged.

Parameters

Key name	Value type	Default
`message`	template	`This pull request has been automatically closed by Mergify.`
The message to write as a comment after closing the pull request.

Examples

Automatically close pull request touching a file

If you wanted to automatically close pull request that touches a certain file, let's say do_not_touch.txt, you could write a rule such as:

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pull_request_rules:
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  - name: disallow changing a file
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    conditions:
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      - files=do_not_touch.txt
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    actions:
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      close:
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        message: No PR can touch this file.

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