fix: ignore beta; open pull request

.github/scripts/generate_new_version_issue.sh → .github/scripts/checksum_new_versions.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ package_list=$(spack tags eic)
 for p in ${package_list}; do
   v=$(spack versions --new $p)
   # ignore pre and rc versions (for all packages)
-  v=$(echo $v | sed 's/\S*\(rc\|pre\|alpha\)\S*//g')
+  v=$(echo $v | sed 's/\S*\(rc\|pre\|alpha\|beta\)\S*//g')
   # using `echo $v` instead of "$v" will handle v=" " correctly
   if [[ ! -z `echo $v` ]]; then
     echo "- [ ] \`$p\`: \`$v\` " >> gh-new-version.log

.github/workflows/check-new-versions.yaml

@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         source /opt/spack/share/spack/setup-env.sh
         spack repo add --scope site ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
-        .github/scripts/generate_new_version_issue.sh
-        .github/scripts/post_new_version_issue_comment.sh
-
+        .github/scripts/checksum_new_versions.sh
+    - name: Create pull request
+      uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
+      with:
+        branch-suffix: short-commit-hash
+        title: New package versions found
+        body: |
+          New package versions found
+        assignees: wdconinc