RFR: 2065: Update PR labels when new files are touched

[Zhao Song]

On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:23:12 GMT, Zhao Song <zsong at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This patch is trying to make the pr bot be able to update PR labels when new files are touched.
> The main idea is from Erik. For a new PR, the bot will run a labelerWorkItem to auto label the PR first, and the commit hash will be stored in a comment.
> 
> Later, when the user pushes new commits to the PR, the CheckWorkItem will be responsible for updating the labels based on the diff between headHash and stored Hash. I thought about adding the logic of updating labels in LabelerWorkItem, but later I realized that it will require another round of CheckWorkItem, so I choose to let CheckWorkItem update the labels.
> 
> With this patch, here are some new behaviors of the bot:
> (1) The user didn't issue manual label command before auto labeling, LabelerWorkItem will do the initial auto labeling and store the commit hash in the comment. 
> (2) If the user issued manual label command before auto labeling, the initial auto labeling will be skipped, the bot would still post a comment and store the hash in the comment.
> (3) The user pushes a new commit or few commits to a pr that already auto labeled, the bot will evaluate the diff between stored hash and current head, then add new labels or upgrading labels to group labels, in the end, update the stored hash in the comment.
> (4) The user force pushes to the pr that already auto labeled, the bot will evaluate the diff between baseHash and current head.
> (5) The user issues a command to add a label to the pr(or even the user add the label via the forge UI), the bot will check if the labels can be upgraded to group labels.
> 
> The side effect of this feature I can imagine is that a user thinks a file is not related to a component and removed it manually, but later, every time when he touches the file, the label will be added back.

Another thing is that for the current pull requests in openjdk/jdk, if the auto labelling was skipped, after this patch is deployed, the bot will add the comment "A manual label command was issued before auto-labeling, so auto-labeling was skipped." to the pull requests as well.

-------------

PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/skara/pull/1735#issuecomment-3229622747