create-release-checklist.yml

name: Create release checklist

on:
  # Picking a workflow branch that is a tag, in combination with using the commit field is likely to fail for magic git clone/checkout reasons
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      version:
        description: 'Version tag to open the release checklist for (including `v` prefix, e.g. `v3.1.0`)'
        required: true
        type: string
  workflow_call:
    inputs:
      version:
        required: true
        type: string
  release:
    types: published

jobs:
  create-release-checklist-issue:
    name: Open release checklist issue
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    # Needed to get the checklist template
    - name: Checkout release checklist template
      uses: actions/checkout@v4
    - name: Create issue
      env:
        GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
      run: |
        echo "$PWD"
        if [[ "${{ inputs.version }}" ]]; then
          HELICS_VERSION="${{ inputs.version }}"
        else
          HELICS_VERSION="${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
        fi
        export HELICS_VERSION
        echo "HELICS_VERSION=${HELICS_VERSION}"
        HELICS_VERSION_MAJ="$(echo "${HELICS_VERSION}" | cut -d "." --fields=1)"
        HELICS_VERSION_MAJ_MIN="$(echo "${HELICS_VERSION}" | cut -d "." --fields=1,2)"
        HELICS_PREV_VERSION=$(gh release list --limit 100 | grep -v "Pre-release" | cut -f3 | grep "${HELICS_VERSION_MAJ}" | head -n2 | tail -n1)
        export HELICS_PREV_VERSION
        echo "HELICS_PREV_VERSION=${HELICS_PREV_VERSION}"
        RELEASE_CHECKLIST="$(envsubst < ./.github/RELEASE_CHECKLIST_TEMPLATE.md)"
        gh issue create --title "${HELICS_VERSION} Release Checklist" --body "${RELEASE_CHECKLIST}"