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Cut Release Branch

Cut Release Branch #13

name: 'Cut Release Branch'
permissions:
contents: write
pull-requests: write
on:
workflow_dispatch: # allow manual triggering
schedule:
- cron: '55 14 * * 4' # trigger every Thursday at 14:55 UTC (9:55 EST)
jobs:
cut-release-branch:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Compute branch name
id: branch_name
run: echo "branch_name=release-$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
- name: Create release branch
run: |
git checkout -b ${{ steps.branch_name.outputs.branch_name }}
git push -u origin ${{ steps.branch_name.outputs.branch_name }}
- name: Create pull request
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
run: |
gh pr create \
--base main \
--head ${{ steps.branch_name.outputs.branch_name }} \
--title "Release ${{ steps.branch_name.outputs.branch_name }}" \
--body "Opened automatically by [cut-release-branch](https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }})"