Merge pull request #12639 from rabbitmq/mk-actions-notify-server-trigger-packages-workflow

4.1.x: new Actions workflow for triggering alpha releases

Author: michaelklishin

.github/workflows/alpha-build.yaml

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+name: Trigger an alpha release build
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "main"
+      - "mk-actions-notify-server-trigger-packages-workflow"
+    paths:
+      - "deps/**"
+      - ".github/workflows/**"
+
+jobs:
+  trigger_alpha_build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Trigger an alpha build in rabbitmq/server-packages
+        run: |
+          curl -L \
+            -X POST \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+            -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.RABBITMQCI_BOT_TOKEN }}" \
+            -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+            https://api.github.com/repos/rabbitmq/server-packages/dispatches \
+            -d '{"event_type": "new_4.1.x_alpha", "client_payload": {"prerelease": true, "prerelease_kind": "alpha", "prerelease_identifier": "${{ github.ref }}", "base_version": "4.1.0"}}'