Update generate-newsletter.yml

Author: TinasheMTapera

.github/workflows/generate-newsletter.yml

@@ -13,35 +13,38 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Print raw issue body
-        run: |
-          echo "--------- GITHUB.EVENT.ISSUE.BODY ---------"
-          echo "${{ github.event.issue.body }}"
-          echo "-------------------------------------------"
-
       - name: Extract values from issue body
         id: vars
         run: |
           body="${{ github.event.issue.body }}"
-      
-          echo "RAW ISSUE BODY START"
+
+          echo "--------- RAW ISSUE BODY ---------"
           echo "$body"
-          echo "RAW ISSUE BODY END"
-      
-          # Use awk to find the lines after each heading
+          echo "----------------------------------"
+
+          # Parse the body using reliable pattern matching
           month=$(echo "$body" | awk '/### Newsletter Month/ {getline; print}' | xargs)
           year=$(echo "$body" | awk '/### Newsletter Year/ {getline; print}' | xargs)
-      
+
           if [ -z "$month" ] || [ -z "$year" ]; then
             echo "❌ Could not extract month or year from issue body."
             exit 1
           fi
-      
+
+          # Convert month name to number
           month_num=$(date -d "$month 1" '+%m')
           date="${year}-${month_num}-01"
           branch="feature/newsletter-${year}-${month_num}"
           filename="_posts/${date}-newsletter.md"
-      
+
+          echo "✅ Parsed values:"
+          echo "  Month: $month"
+          echo "  Year: $year"
+          echo "  Month Num: $month_num"
+          echo "  Date: $date"
+          echo "  Branch: $branch"
+          echo "  Filename: $filename"
+
           echo "month=$month" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "month_num=$month_num" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "year=$year" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -73,4 +76,9 @@ jobs:
         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"
+          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 \`${{ steps.vars.outputs.branch }}\`.
+
+You can now:
+1. Open the branch in VS Code using GitFlow (\`feature/newsletter-${{ steps.vars.outputs.year }}-${{ steps.vars.outputs.month_num }}\`)
+2. Edit and review the draft
+3. Open a PR into \`develop\` when ready"