main.yml

name: Generate PDF report

on:
  push:
    branches: [ main ]

  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  generate-report:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:

      - name: Initial greeting
        run: echo "Report generation started, triggered by a ${{ github.event_name }} event."
      
      - name: Checkout the repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Install pandocfilters
        run: pip install pandocfilters
      - name: Install pandoc
        run: sudo apt-get install pandoc
      - name: Generate the report
        run: |
          cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
          chmod a+x ./scripts/*
          python3 generate_report.py
          
      - name: Compile the LaTeX file
        continue-on-error: true
        uses: dante-ev/latex-action@latest
        with:
          working_directory: working
          root_file: main.tex
          compiler: pdflatex
          args: -interaction=nonstopmode -shell-escape
      - name: Compile the LaTeX file (again, for references)
        continue-on-error: true
        uses: dante-ev/latex-action@latest
        with:
          working_directory: working
          root_file: main.tex
          compiler: pdflatex
          args: -interaction=nonstopmode -shell-escape
          
      - name: Upload the report PDF
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
        with:
          name: report.pdf
          path: ./working/main.pdf
          
      - name: Final greeting, job status
        run: echo "Job finished. Status ${{ job.status }}."