dev_release.yml

# https://github.com/marketplace/actions/automatic-releases
name: Nightly Dev Release
permissions:
  contents: write
  pull-requests: write

on:
  schedule:
    # every day at 1:44 am
    - cron: '44 1 * * *'

  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  dev-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      DEVMD_SINCE: "2024-08-09"   # optional fixed start date
      TAG_NAME: "dev"             # reuse the same tag each night
      RELEASE_TITLE: "Dev Nightly"
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Generate dev notes
        run: |
          ci/update-devmd.sh

      # (Optional) Only extract the auto section between markers for the release body
      - name: Extract release body from dev.md markers
        id: notes
        run: |
          awk '/<!-- AUTO-DEVMD:START -->/{f=1;print;next} /<!-- AUTO-DEVMD:END -->/{print;f=0} f' releases/dev.md > /tmp/release_notes.md
          # Fallback to entire file if markers missing or empty
          if [ ! -s /tmp/release_notes.md ]; then
            cp releases/dev.md /tmp/release_notes.md
          fi

      - name: Create or move tag to current commit
        run: |
          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
          git tag -f "${TAG_NAME}" "${GITHUB_SHA}"
          git push --force origin "refs/tags/${TAG_NAME}"

      - name: Delete existing release (if any)
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          gh release view "${TAG_NAME}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
            gh release delete "${TAG_NAME}" -y || \
            echo "No existing release to delete"

      - name: Create/Update release
        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        with:
          tag: ${{ env.TAG_NAME }}
          name: ${{ env.RELEASE_TITLE }}
          # If the tag didn’t exist the very first time, this tells the action
          # what commit to use to create it (safe to keep even after creation):
          commit: ${{ github.sha }}
          bodyFile: /tmp/release_notes.md
          prerelease: true
          allowUpdates: true
          artifactErrorsFailBuild: false