This GitHub Action can be used to check sources files for forbidden words and text. Forbidden words include such things as non-inclusive language.
To enable this Action, you can create a .yml file under your repo's .github/workflows directory. Simple example:
name: Sanitize source
on:
push:
branches: [ main ]
pull_request:
branches: [ main ]
jobs:
build:
name: Check for forbidden words
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout the code
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Run the forbidden words scan
uses: dell/common-github-actions/code-sanitizer@main
with:
args: .
The args for the Action is a path in which to search for forbidden words. You can use '.' to search from the root of the repo.