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Author: ranchodeluxe

.github/workflows/pre-release.yml

@@ -80,26 +80,27 @@ jobs:
           echo "New version: $NEW_VERSION"
           echo "New app version: $NEW_APP_VERSION"
 
-      - name: commit and tag version bump
-        run: |
-          COMMIT_MSG="release version to ${{ env.new_version }}"
-          TAG="v${{ env.new_version }}"
-
-          git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
-          git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions"
-          git add -A
-          git commit -m "release version to ${{ env.new_version }}"
-          git tag "v${{ env.new_version }}"
-          git push origin main --tags
-
-      - name: create github release (triggers release)
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+#      - name: commit and tag version bump
+#        run: |
+#          COMMIT_MSG=
+#          TAG="v${{ env.new_version }}"
+#
+#          git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
+#          git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions"
+#          git add -A
+#          git commit -m "release version to ${{ env.new_version }}"
+#          git tag "v${{ env.new_version }}"
+#          git push origin main --tags
+
+      - name: create pr
+        id: create_pr
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
         with:
-          tag_name: "v${{ env.new_version }}"
-          release_name: "v${{ env.new_version }}"
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          commit-message: 'release eoapi chart to ${{ env.new_version }}'
+          title: 'release for ${{ github.ref }}@${{ github.sha }}'
           body: |
-            ## Changes in this Release
-            - Auto-generated release based on PR merge.
-
+            this PR contains the version bumps for the eoapi chart > ${{ env.new_version }}
+          base: main
+          branch: apply-${{ github.head_ref }}
+          labels: release-apply