release-trigger.yml

name: ReleaseTrigger
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      execution:
        description: 'Type of execution'
        required: true
        default: 'Manual'
        type: choice
        options:
          - Manual
  schedule:
    # * is a special character in YAML, so we have to quote this string
    - cron: '0 4 10 * *'

jobs:
  build:
    name: Release trigger action
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4.1.6
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          token: ${{ secrets.PUBLISH_KEY }}
      - name: Check existing tag
        id: check
        run: |
          echo "::set-output name=has_tag::$(git log --format='format:%d' --decorate-refs="refs/tags/v*" -n 1 | grep tag | wc -l)"
      - name: Debug
        run: |
          echo "Has tag: ${{ steps.check.outputs.has_tag }}"
          echo "---"
          echo "Execution: ${{ github.event.inputs.execution }}"
          echo "---"
          echo "Should run: ${{ steps.check.outputs.has_tag == 0 || github.event.inputs.execution == 'Manual' }}"
      - name: Update trigger
        if: ${{ steps.check.outputs.has_tag == 0 || github.event.inputs.execution == 'Manual' }}
        run: |
          date +%s > .release-trigger
      - name: Create git branch
        if: ${{ steps.check.outputs.has_tag == 0 || github.event.inputs.execution == 'Manual' }}
        run: |
          git config --global user.name 'Esta Nagy'
          git config --global user.email 'nagyesta@gmail.com'
          git checkout -b release/run-${{ github.run_number }}
          git add .release-trigger
          git commit -asm "Triggering a release {patch}"
          git push -f --set-upstream origin release/run-${{ github.run_number }}
      - name: Create PR
        uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
        if: ${{ steps.check.outputs.has_tag == 0 || github.event.inputs.execution == 'Manual' }}
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.PUBLISH_KEY }}
          script: |
            github.rest.pulls.create({
              owner: "${{ github.repository_owner }}",
              repo: "lowkey-vault",
              head: "release/run-${{ github.run_number }}",
              base: "main",
              title: "Triggering a release {patch}"
            });