Update formatting.yml

.github/workflows/formatting.yml

@@ -1,47 +1,25 @@
-name: Formatting
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '**.md'
-      - '.github/**'
-      - 'migrations/*'
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '**.md'
-      - '.github/**'
-      - 'migrations/*'
-
+name: black-action
+on: [push, pull_request]
 jobs:
-  formatting:
+  linter_name:
+    name: runner / black
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     steps:
-    - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-    - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-      with:
-        python-version: '3.x'
-
-    - name: Install black
-      run: pip install black
-
-    - name: Run black
-      run: black .
-
-    - name: Commit changes
-      run: |
-        git config --global user.email "github-actions@github.com"
-        git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions"
-        git add .
-        git diff-index --quiet HEAD || git commit -m "Auto-format code with Black"
-        git push
-    - name: Check git status after commit
-      run: git status
-
-
-
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Check files using the black formatter
+        uses: rickstaa/action-black@v1
+        id: action_black
+        with:
+          black_args: "."
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        if: steps.action_black.outputs.is_formatted == 'true'
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          title: "Format Python code with psf/black push"
+          commit-message: ":art: Format Python code with psf/black"
+          body: |
+            There appear to be some python formatting errors in ${{ github.sha }}. This pull request
+            uses the [psf/black](https://github.com/psf/black) formatter to fix these issues.
+          base: ${{ github.head_ref }} # Creates pull request onto pull request or commit branch
+          branch: actions/black