GHA-190 Refactor rule metadata summary generation and update PR creation step

.github/workflows/test-update-rule-metadata.yml

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
           # Test that PR creation uses the branch input for base
-          if grep -A20 "peter-evans/create-pull-request" update-rule-metadata/action.yml | grep -q "base.*inputs.branch"; then
+          if grep -A20 "create-pull-request" update-rule-metadata/action.yml | grep -q "base.*inputs.branch"; then
             echo "✓ PR creation uses branch input for base"
           else
             echo "✗ PR creation does not use branch input for base"

update-rule-metadata/action.yml

@@ -161,43 +161,51 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         rm rule-api.jar
-      
+
     - name: Generate summary
       id: generate-summary
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        summary=""
+        summary_file="rule-api-summary.md"
         current_sonarpedia=""
+        has_entries=false
+        total_rules=0
+
+        # Build a markdown table
+        echo "| Sonarpedia | Rules to update |" > "$summary_file"
+        echo "|---|---:|" >> "$summary_file"
 
         while IFS= read -r line; do
           if [[ $line == "=== "* ]]; then
             current_sonarpedia=$(echo "$line" | sed 's/=== \(.*\) ===/\1/')
           elif [[ $line == *"Found "* && $line == *" rule(s) to update"* ]]; then
             rule_count=$(echo "$line" | grep -o 'Found [0-9]\+' | grep -o '[0-9]\+')
             if [[ -n "$rule_count" && "$rule_count" != "0" && -n "$current_sonarpedia" ]]; then
-              if [[ -n "$summary" ]]; then
-                summary="${summary},\n"
-              fi
-              summary="${summary} ${rule_count} rules for ${current_sonarpedia}"
+              echo "| \`${current_sonarpedia}\` | ${rule_count} |" >> "$summary_file"
+              total_rules=$((total_rules + rule_count))
+              has_entries=true
             fi
           fi
         done < rule-api-logs.txt
 
-        if [[ -z "$summary" ]]; then
-          summary="Update rule metadata"
+        if [[ "$has_entries" == "true" ]]; then
+          echo "| **Total** | **${total_rules}** |" >> "$summary_file"
+        fi
+
+        # Write summary to output using delimiter to preserve newlines
+        if [[ "$has_entries" == "false" ]]; then
+          echo "summary=Update rule metadata" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         else
-          summary="Check rule metadata for:\n ${summary}"
+          {
+            echo "summary<<EOF"
+            cat "$summary_file"
+            echo "EOF"
+          } >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         fi
 
-        echo "summary=${summary}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         rm rule-api-logs.txt
+        rm -f "$summary_file"
 
-    - name: Prepare summary for PR
-      id: pr-summary
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        echo "summary=${{ steps.generate-summary.outputs.summary }}" | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/<br>/g' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
     - name: Check Rule Metadata Changes
       id: check-changes
       shell: bash
@@ -221,14 +229,14 @@ runs:
     - name: Create PR
       if: ${{ steps.check-changes.outputs.has-changes == 'true' }}
       id: create-pr
-      uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@271a8d0340265f705b14b6d32b9829c1cb33d45e # v7.0.8
+      uses: SonarSource/release-github-actions/create-pull-request@v1
       with:
         commit-message: Update rule metadata
         title: Update rule metadata
         body: |
           ## Rule Metadata Update Summary
 
-          ${{ steps.pr-summary.outputs.summary }}
+          ${{ steps.generate-summary.outputs.summary }}
 
           This PR was automatically generated to update rule metadata across all supported languages.
         base: ${{ inputs.branch }}