As developers we routinely grapple with enforcing rules, even when we repeat the reminder a dozen times. Humans—ourselves included—forget the guidance or choose to cut corners.
That was exactly the issue we hit in one of our repositories, where every folder uploaded to the app had to follow a slug-based naming convention. We started with manual reviews, but it quickly became obvious that automation was the only scalable answer.
Fortunately, GitHub Actions came to the rescue. Their official page says it best:
“GitHub Actions makes it easy to automate all your software workflows, now with world-class CI/CD. Build, test, and deploy your code right from GitHub. Make code reviews, branch management, and issue triaging work the way you want.”
We implemented a GitHub Action that runs on every pull request. The workflow scans the repository for folders, and if it finds any that violate our naming convention it fails the PR. The Action posts a change request listing the offenders and reiterating the slug rules. As soon as every folder passes the checks, the pull request is automatically approved.
With this setup our repository stays tidy and the rules stay top of mind thanks to an automatic reminder. The team can focus on building features while the workflow guarantees folder compliance. Automation not only saves time—it improves the consistency and reliability of the whole development process.