update render readme action

Author: sbfnk

.github/workflows/render_readme.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Reproduce locally by running:
 # ```r
-# pak::pak(c("any::rmarkdown", "any::usethis", "."))
+# pak::pak(c("any::rmarkdown", "any::usethis", "any::allcontributors", "."))
 # writeLines(
 #   knitr::knit_expand(
 #     "README.Rmd",
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repos
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Setup R
         uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
@@ -55,7 +55,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
-          extra-packages: any::rmarkdown, local::.
+          extra-packages: any::rmarkdown, any::allcontributors, local::.
+
+      - name: Update contributors
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+        run: allcontributors::add_contributors(format = "text")
+        shell: Rscript {0}
 
       - name: Compile the readme
         run: |
@@ -74,16 +79,22 @@ jobs:
           )
         shell: Rscript {0}
 
-      - name: Commit files
-        run: |
-          git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
-          git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
-          git add README.md
-          # Also add README figures if they exist
-          if [ -d man/figures ]
-          then
-            git add man/figures/
-          fi
-          git diff-index --quiet HEAD || git commit -m "Automatic readme update"
-          git pull --rebase origin ${{ github.ref.name }}
-          git push origin || echo "No changes to push"
+      - name: Upload README.md as an artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: readme
+          path: README.md
+
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        with:
+          commit-message: "Automatic README update"
+          title: "Update README"
+          body: "This is an automated pull request to update the README."
+          branch: "update-readme-${{ github.run_number }}"
+          labels: "documentation"
+          add-paths: |
+            README.Rmd
+            README.md
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}