new approach, might be better?

.github/workflows/format_rst.yml

@@ -6,13 +6,20 @@ jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
+      - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10'
+
       - name: Run RST Autoformatter
         uses: livxy/rst-autoformatter-action@main
         with:
+          rstfmt-args: ''
           commit: 'true'
           github-username: 'github-actions'
           commit-message: 'Automated RST formatting'
           files: '**/*.rst'
+

action.yml

@@ -4,22 +4,26 @@ branding:
   icon: file-text
   color: white
 inputs:
+  rstfmt-args:
+    description: 'Additional arguments to pass to rstfmt.'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
   files:
-    description: 'Pattern to match the files to be formatted.'
+    description: 'Pattern to match the RST files to be formatted.'
     required: false
     default: '**/*.rst'
   commit:
     description: 'Whether or not you want the action to push to your repo with the formatting.'
     required: false
     default: 'true'
   github-username:
-    description: 'Username for the github action to commit with.'
+    description: 'Username for the GitHub action to commit with.'
     required: false
     default: 'github-actions'
   commit-message:
-    description: 'Message for formatter commit.'
+    description: 'Message for the formatter commit.'
     required: false
-    default: 'Format Rst'
+    default: 'Format RST files'
 runs:
   using: node16
-  main: 'build/index.js'
+  main: 'build/index.js'

build/LICENSE

@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all c
 
 THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
+@actions/exec
+MIT
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright 2019 GitHub
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
 @actions/http-client
 MIT
 Actions Http Client for Node.js
@@ -35,6 +47,18 @@ WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
 SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 
+@actions/io
+MIT
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright 2019 GitHub
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
 tunnel
 MIT
 The MIT License (MIT)