distribution/.github/workflows/release-main.yaml

# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
# Copyright (C) 2021-present 351ELEC
# Copyright (C) 2022-present Fewtarius

### Based on work by @pkegg

name: release-main
on:
  workflow_dispatch:

env:
  BRANCH: main

jobs:
  launch-main-release-if-needed:
      runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
      steps:
        - uses: actions/checkout@v2
          name: checkout
          with:
            clean: false
            fetch-depth: 0
            ref: "${{env.BRANCH}}"
            
        - name: repository full name
          id: full_name
          run: |
               echo "::set-output name=full_name::$(git config --get remote.origin.url | sed 's|^.*github.com/||g' | sed 's/.git$//g')"
        
        - name: changes
          id: changes
          run: |
               release_notes="$(git log --after="$(date --date="yesterday" +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%m")" --before="$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%m")" --pretty=format:"* %h: %s")"
               echo "::set-output name=changes::$(echo ${release_notes} | wc -l)"
               echo "::set-output name=release_notes::${release_notes}"
        - name: Get date for artifacts
          id: date
          run: echo "::set-output name=date::$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M')"
  
        - name: Repository Dispatch
          if: steps.changes.outputs.changes != '0'
          uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@v1
          with:
            token: ${{ secrets.REPO_ACCESS }}
            repository: ${{ steps.full_name.outputs.full_name }}
            event-type: release-main
            client-payload: |
               {
                 "branch" : "${{ env.BRANCH }}",
                 "release_tag" : "${{steps.date.outputs.date}}",
                 "release_notes" : ${{toJSON(steps.changes.outputs.release_notes)}}
               }