Release News Workflow #1014

	name: Release News Workflow

	on:
	# Allow manually starting the workflow incase we need human intervention.
	workflow_dispatch:

	# Runs at 08:17 UTC / 00:17 PST / 01:17 PDT
	# 17 is an arbitrarily chosen to avoid running the workflow during the peak at the beginning of the hour
	schedule:
	- cron: '17 8 * * *'

	permissions: write-all

	jobs:
	generate_news_items:
	# If this is running in a fork, only run if manually dispatched.
	if: github.repository == 'amazon-ion/ion-docs' \|\| github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
	runs-on: ubuntu-latest
	steps:
	- uses: actions/checkout@v2
	- name: Generate News Posts
	id: generate_news
	shell: bash
	env:
	GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
	run: \|
	./_scripts/generate_release_news.sh

	- name: Commit and Push Changes
	if: ${{ steps.generate_news.outputs.changes > 0 }}
	run: \|
	git config user.name github-actions
	git config user.email [email protected]
	git commit -m "${{ steps.generate_news.outputs.generated_commit_message }}"
	git push

	- name: Deploy Changes
	if: ${{ steps.generate_news.outputs.changes > 0 }}
	# If you use the GITHUB_TOKEN to push code, it won't trigger any on-push
	# workflows, so we manually the workflow here.
	# We can't just call the workflow directly because we need the workflow to run
	# on the new commit, not the GITHUB_REF for this workflow.
	env:
	GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
	run: \|
	gh workflow run .github/workflows/deploy.yml -R "${{ github.repository }}"

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