release.yml

name: Release Every Other Monday
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      VERSION_NUMBER:
        type: string
  # Run action at 16:15 PM on Monday (UTC)
  # schedule:
  # @TODO: the schedule below is weekly. Do byweekly check.
  #   - cron: '15 16 * * 1'

# Sets the GITHUB_TOKEN permissions to allow release
permissions:
  contents: write

# This action requires a GitHub app with content write access installed 
# to bypass the main branch  protection rule and dispatch the event to a different repo
jobs:
  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Generate a token
        id: generate-token
        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
        with:
          app-id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
          private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PEM }}
          owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
          repositories: |
            veda-ui
            veda-config
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}
      - name: git config
        run: |
          git config user.name "${GITHUB_ACTOR}"
          git config user.email "${GITHUB_ACTOR}@users.noreply.github.com"
      - name: Use Node.js ${{ env.NODE }}
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: ${{ env.NODE }}
      - run: yarn
      - name: Release through Git
        id: git-release
        run: yarn release  --ci --verbose
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      - name: Repository Dispatch
        uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@v3
        with:
          token: ${{steps.generate-token.outputs.token}}
          repository: nasa-impact/veda-config
          event-type: update-version
          client-payload: '{"ref": "${{ github.ref }}", "VERSION_NUMBER": "${{ steps.git-release.outputs.VERSION_NUMBER || inputs.VERSION_NUMBER }}"}'