Newsletter Draft: May 2025 #7
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| name: Generate Newsletter File | |
| on: | |
| issues: | |
| types: [opened] | |
| jobs: | |
| generate-newsletter: | |
| if: contains(github.event.issue.title, 'Newsletter Draft:') | |
| runs-on: ubuntu-latest | |
| steps: | |
| - name: Checkout repository | |
| uses: actions/checkout@v3 | |
| - name: Extract values from issue body | |
| id: vars | |
| run: | | |
| month=$(echo "${{ github.event.issue.body }}" | grep -i "Newsletter Month" -A 1 | tail -n 1 | xargs) | |
| year=$(echo "${{ github.event.issue.body }}" | grep -i "Newsletter Year" -A 1 | tail -n 1 | xargs) | |
| # Convert month name to MM | |
| month_num=$(date -d "$month 1" '+%m') | |
| date="${year}-${month_num}-01" | |
| branch="feature/newsletter-${year}-${month_num}" | |
| filename="_posts/${date}-newsletter.md" | |
| echo "month=$month" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT | |
| echo "month_num=$month_num" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT | |
| echo "year=$year" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT | |
| echo "date=$date" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT | |
| echo "branch=$branch" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT | |
| echo "filename=$filename" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT | |
| - name: Create feature branch from develop | |
| run: | | |
| git fetch origin develop | |
| git checkout -b "${{ steps.vars.outputs.branch }}" origin/develop | |
| - name: Generate newsletter draft from template | |
| run: | | |
| cp _template/newsletter-template.md "${{ steps.vars.outputs.filename }}" | |
| sed -i "s/{{ month }}/${{ steps.vars.outputs.month }}/g" "${{ steps.vars.outputs.filename }}" | |
| sed -i "s/{{ year }}/${{ steps.vars.outputs.year }}/g" "${{ steps.vars.outputs.filename }}" | |
| sed -i "s/{{ date }}/${{ steps.vars.outputs.date }}/g" "${{ steps.vars.outputs.filename }}" | |
| - name: Commit and push | |
| run: | | |
| git config user.name "github-actions[bot]" | |
| git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com" | |
| git add "${{ steps.vars.outputs.filename }}" | |
| git commit -m "Add newsletter draft for ${{ steps.vars.outputs.month }} ${{ steps.vars.outputs.year }}" | |
| git push origin "${{ steps.vars.outputs.branch }}" | |
| - name: Comment on issue with branch details | |
| env: | |
| GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | |
| run: | | |
| gh issue comment ${{ github.event.issue.number }} --body "Draft file created for **${{ steps.vars.outputs.month }} ${{ steps.vars.outputs.year }}** at \`${{ steps.vars.outputs.filename }}\` in branch \`${{ steps.vars.outputs.branch }}\`.\n\nYou can now:\n1. Open the branch in VS Code using GitFlow (\`feature/newsletter-${{ steps.vars.outputs.year }}-${{ steps.vars.outputs.month_num }}\`)\n2. Edit and review the draft\n3. Open a PR into \`develop\` when ready" |