whats-new.yml

# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions

name: "generate what's new article"

# Controls when the action will run.
on:
  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the default branch
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 0 1 * *" # The first of every month
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      reason:
        description: "The reason for running the workflow"
        required: true
        default: "Manual run"

env:
  DOTNET_VERSION: "6.0.x" # set this to the dot net version to use

# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
jobs:
  # This workflow contains a single job called "create-what-is-new"
  create-what-is-new:
    # The type of runner that the job will run on
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write
      pull-requests: write

    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
    steps:
      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8
      - name: Setup .NET
        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@baa11fbfe1d6520db94683bd5c7a3818018e4309
        with:
          dotnet-version: ${{ env.DOTNET_VERSION }}

      # Runs a single command using the runners shell
      - name: "Print manual run reason"
        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
        run: |
          echo "Reason: ${{ github.event.inputs.reason }}"

      # Print dotnet info
      - name: Display .NET info
        run: dotnet --info

      # Install dotnet-whatsnew global tool
      - name: Install dotnet-whatsnew tool
        run: |
          dotnet tool install --global --add-source ./.github/workflows/dependencies/ dotnet-whatsnew

      # Run dotnet-whatsnew tool
      - name: Generate what's new
        id: dotnet-whatsnew
        env:
          GitHubKey: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          OspoKey: ${{ secrets.OSPO_KEY }}
        run: |
          ./.github/workflows/dependencies/run-dotnet-whatsnew.sh -o dotnet -r docs -s './docs/whats-new'

      # Create the PR for the new article
      - name: create-pull-request
        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@c0f553fe549906ede9cf27b5156039d195d2ece0
        with:
          title: "What's new article"
          commit-message: 'Bot 🤖 generated "What''s new article"'
          body: "Automated creation of What's new article."