update_resources.yml

name: Resources update

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule:
    # running at 3pm on the first day of every month
    - cron: '* 15 1 * *'
  push:
    paths-ignore:
      - ".github/**"
      - "**.md"

jobs:
  init:
    name: Initialize
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      BRANCH_NAME: ${{ steps.varset.outputs.BRANCH_NAME }}
    steps:
      - name: Setting variables
        id: varset
        run: |
          echo "BRANCH_NAME=update/$(date +%s)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          cat $GITHUB_OUTPUT
  update:
    needs: init
    name: Updating resources
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout resources repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Create new local branch from timestamp
        run: git checkout -b ${{ needs.init.outputs.BRANCH_NAME }}
      - name: Update resources
        # TODO: need to improve that, make unit tests, etc.
        run: ./update-resources.sh
      - name: Staging changes
        run: git add --all
      - name: Configuring git identity
        run: |
          git config --local user.name "Github Actions"
          git config --local user.email "actions@github.com"
      - name: Committing changes
        run: git commit -m "updating resources"
      - name: Pushing new branch
        run: git push --set-upstream origin ${{ needs.init.outputs.BRANCH_NAME }}
      - name: Creating pull request
        run: gh pr create --base "main" --head "${{ needs.init.outputs.BRANCH_NAME }}" --title "Resources update $(date '+%d-%b-%y')" --body 'Created by GitHub Action' --label "bot"
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}