release-trigger.yml

name: ReleaseTrigger
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule:
    # * is a special character in YAML, so we have to quote this string
    - cron: "0 4 5 * *"

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  build:
    name: Trigger release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      pull-requests: write
      contents: write
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - name: Update trigger
        run: |
          date +%s > .release-trigger
      - name: Create git branch
        run: |
          git config --global user.name 'Esta Nagy'
          git config --global user.email 'nagyesta@gmail.com'
          git checkout -b release/run-${{ github.run_number }}
          git add .release-trigger
          git commit -asm "Triggering a release {patch}"
          git push -f --set-upstream origin release/run-${{ github.run_number }}
      - name: Create PR
        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8.0.0
        with:
          script: |
            github.rest.pulls.create({
              owner: context.repo.owner,
              repo: context.repo.repo,
              head: "release/run-${{ github.run_number }}",
              base: "main",
              title: "Triggering a release {patch}"
            });