Fix formatting when constructing NEWS.md in the upstream update GitHub Action (#33)

* Fix RcppEnsmallen version update
Address space issue for NEWS entry bullets

* only run devel in matrix

* Add ChangeLog note

* Add ability to manually trigger the workflow

Author: coatless

.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
           - {os: macOS-latest,   r: 'release'}
           - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
           - {os: windows-latest, r: 'oldrel'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-20.04, r: 'release', rspm: "https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/focal/latest"}
+          #- {os: ubuntu-20.04, r: 'release', rspm: "https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/focal/latest"}
           #- {os: ubuntu-20.04, r: 'oldrel', rspm: "https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/focal/latest"}
           - {os: ubuntu-20.04, r: 'devel', rspm: "https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/focal/latest"}
 

.github/workflows/upstream-refresh.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: Update Ensmallen
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   schedule:
     - cron:  '0 10 * * *'
 jobs:
@@ -46,22 +47,23 @@ jobs:
           # Begin work on formatting NEWS entry
           # Obtain the double quoted version name
           ENSMALLEN_VERSION_NAME=$(grep -i ".*#define ENS_VERSION_NAME.*" inst/include/ensmallen_bits/ens_version.hpp | grep -o '".*"')
+          NEW_RCPPENSMALLEN_VERSION=0.${RELEASE_TAG}.1
           # Extract out the new changes using diff
           # Steps: Remove blank lines, delete header, replace * with -, indent by 1
           NEWS_UPDATE=$(diff --unchanged-group-format="" tools/HISTORY.md tools/HISTORYold.md | sed '/^$/d' | sed '/^#/d' | sed 's/\*/-/' |  sed 's/^/ /')
           # Set the new history to be old
           mv tools/HISTORY.md tools/HISTORYold.md
           # Prepend new update notes to NEWS.md with a heredoc
           cat <<-EOF > NEWS.md
-          # RcppEnsmallen ${RELEASE_TAG}
+          # RcppEnsmallen ${NEW_RCPPENSMALLEN_VERSION}
 
           - Upgraded to ensmallen ${RELEASE_TAG}: ${ENSMALLEN_VERSION_NAME} ($RELEASE_DATE)
-          $(echo ${NEWS_UPDATE})
+          ${NEWS_UPDATE}
 
           $(cat NEWS.md)
           EOF
           # Update R package version
-          sed -i "s/Version:.*/Version: 0.${RELEASE_TAG}.1/g" DESCRIPTION
+          sed -i "s/Version:.*/Version: ${NEW_RCPPENSMALLEN_VERSION}/g" DESCRIPTION
           # Prepend entry to ChangeLog with a heredoc
           TAB="$(printf '\t')"
           cat <<-EOF > ChangeLog

ChangeLog

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 2020-08-22  James Balamuta  <[email protected]>
 
 	* .github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml: Re-enable devel build check by
-	using Linux instead of macOS to perform the check
+	using Linux instead of macOS to perform the check.
+
+	* .github/workflows/upstream-refresh.yaml: Fix NEWS.md entry formatting
+	issues.
 
 2020-07-24  James Balamuta  <[email protected]>