Add more fine-grained skip

.github/actions/task-checklist/index.js

@@ -7,25 +7,34 @@ const github = require('@actions/github');
 // Also handles whitespace around any of the characters,
 // and the three different ways to make a list (dash, asterisk, plus)
 const INCOMPLETE_TASKS_REGEX = /^\s*[-*+]\s+\[ \]\s+(.*)/gm;
-const DISABLE_COMMENT_REGEX = /<!--\s*task-checklist-ignore\s*-->/;
+
+// This regex finds regions which we should EXCLUDE from the task checklist action.
+//
+// - s flag required so that ".*?" matches over multiple lines
+// - "?" in ".*?" ensures that we match the smallest possible string
+// - note that m flag is not required.
+const DISABLE_COMMENT_REGEX =
+  /<!--\s*task-checklist-ignore-start\s*-->.*?<!--\s*task-checklist-ignore-end\s*-->/gs;
 
 const run = () => {
   const body = github.context.payload.pull_request?.body;
   if (!body) {
-    console.log('PR description empty, skipping this check.');
+    console.info('PR description empty, skipping this check.');
     return;
   }
 
-  const disableCommentMatch = body.match(DISABLE_COMMENT_REGEX);
-  if (disableCommentMatch) {
-    console.log('Found "task-checklist-ignore" comment - skipping checklist tasks.');
+  const bodyWithoutDisables = body.replace(DISABLE_COMMENT_REGEX, '');
+  if (body !== bodyWithoutDisables) {
+    console.debug(
+      'Found at least one "task-checklist-ignore-start"/"task-checklist-ignore-end" block.'
+    );
     return;
   }
 
   const matches = [...body.matchAll(INCOMPLETE_TASKS_REGEX)].map((match) => match[1]);
 
   if (!matches.length) {
-    console.log('No tasks marked as incomplete. Great work!');
+    console.info('No tasks marked as incomplete. Great work!');
     return;
   }
 
@@ -35,13 +44,13 @@ const run = () => {
     console.error(`- ${match}`);
   }
 
-  console.log('---');
+  console.info('---');
 
-  console.log(
-    'False positive? Insert <!-- task-checklist-ignore --> in your PR description to skip this check. However, with great power comes great responsibility...'
+  console.info(
+    'False positive? Insert <!-- task-checklist-ignore-start --> and <!-- task-checklist-ignore-end --> in the sections of your PR where you want to skip the check. However, with great power comes great responsibility...'
   );
 
-  console.log('---');
+  console.info('---');
 
   core.setFailed(`
 Found at least one item in the PR description not marked as completed.