Create keyfactor-start-release.yml

Author: doebrowsk

.github/workflows/keyfactor-start-release.yml

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+# This workflow will begin a new release on Github
+# It will create release and pre-release branches for the repository, with the major.minor version specified
+
+name: Start new Keyfactor release
+
+on:
+# action runs only on manual dispatch, requries version # input
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Release Version (major.minor)'
+        required: true
+        default: '0.0'
+
+jobs:
+  create_branches:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # only run on main branch
+    if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
+    env:
+      version: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+    steps:
+      - name: GitHub Script creates branches
+        uses: actions/[email protected]
+        with:
+          script: |
+            // get latest commit hash on main
+            const commits = await github.repos.listCommits({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo
+            });
+            const sha = commits.data[0].sha;
+
+            // create release branch
+            const { version } = process.env;
+            await github.git.createRef({
+              owner: context.repo.owner, 
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              ref: `refs/heads/release-${version}`,
+              sha: sha
+            });
+
+            // create pre-release branch
+            await github.git.createRef({
+              owner: context.repo.owner, 
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              ref: `refs/heads/release-${version}-pre`,
+              sha: sha
+            });