nightly-release.yaml

name: Nightly Development Release

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 8 * * *" # Run every day at 12AM PST (8AM UTC)
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  nightly-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          persist-credentials: false

      - name: Get latest tag
        id: get_latest_tag
        run: |
          # Retrieve the latest tag by:
          # 1. Listing all tags
          # 2. Filtering for tags matching the pattern `[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.dev[0-9]+)?$`
          # 3. Filtering out tags containing `rc`, `alpha`, `beta`, or `post`
          # 4. Replacing `.dev` with `~dev` for sorting purposes
          # 5. Sorting the tags in version order
          # 6. Replacing `~dev` with `.dev`
          # 7. Taking the last tag
          latest_tag=$(git tag -l | grep -E '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.dev[0-9]+)?$' | grep -Ev 'rc|alpha|beta|post' | sed 's/\.dev/~dev/' | sort --version-sort | sed 's/~dev/.dev/' | tail -n1)
          if [ -z "$latest_tag" ]; then
            echo "No matching tags found."
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "latest_tag=$latest_tag" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

      - name: Check for changes since latest tag
        id: check_changes
        run: |
          latest_tag=${{ steps.get_latest_tag.outputs.latest_tag }}
          if git diff --exit-code $latest_tag HEAD -- '*.py' setup.py requirements.txt requirements-client.txt ui; then
            echo "SHOULD_CREATE_RELEASE=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
            echo "No changes in .py files or dependencies since the latest tag."
          else
            echo "SHOULD_CREATE_RELEASE=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
            echo "Changes detected since the latest tag."
          fi

      - name: Determine next development release tag
        id: next_dev_version
        if: steps.check_changes.outputs.SHOULD_CREATE_RELEASE == 'true'
        run: |
          latest_tag=${{ steps.get_latest_tag.outputs.latest_tag }}

          # Extract the components of the latest tag
          components=$(echo $latest_tag | sed -nE 's/^([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)(\.dev([0-9]+))?$/\1 \2 \3 \5/p')
          read -r major minor micro prev_counter <<< "$components"

          if [ -z "$prev_counter" ]; then
            # This is the dev first release for the next version
            micro=$((micro + 1))
            counter=1
          else
            # There have been dev releases for this version
            counter=$((prev_counter + 1))
          fi

          next_tag=${major}.${minor}.${micro}.dev${counter}
          echo "next_tag=$next_tag" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "Next tag is $next_tag"

      - name: Create development release
        id: create_development_release
        if: steps.check_changes.outputs.SHOULD_CREATE_RELEASE == 'true'
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
        with:
          name: "${{ steps.next_dev_version.outputs.next_tag }}: Nightly Development Release"
          tag_name: ${{ steps.next_dev_version.outputs.next_tag }}
          draft: false
          prerelease: true
          generate_release_notes: true
          token: ${{ secrets.UI_COMPONENTS_CONTENTS_PRS_RW }}