monthly-tag.yml

name: Monthly Snapshot Tag

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 1 1 * *"
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  build:
    name: Take Snapshot
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Get the tags by date
        id: tags
        run: |
          echo "::set-output name=new::$(date +'monthly-%Y-%m')"
          echo "::set-output name=old::$(date -d'1 month ago' +'monthly-%Y-%m')"
      - name: Checkout branch "master"
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          ref: 'master'
          fetch-depth: 0
      - name: Generate changelog
        id: changelog
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          echo "# Automatic snapshot pre-release ${{ steps.tags.outputs.new }}" > Changelog.md
          echo "" >> Changelog.md
          echo "## Changes since last snapshot (${{ steps.tags.outputs.old }})" >> Changelog.md
          echo "" >> Changelog.md
          ./.maintain/gitlab/generate_changelog.sh ${{ steps.tags.outputs.old }} >>  Changelog.md
      - name: Release snapshot
        id: release-snapshot
        uses: actions/create-release@latest
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          tag_name: ${{ steps.tags.outputs.new }}
          release_name: ${{ steps.tags.outputs.new }}
          draft: false
          prerelease: true
          body_path: Changelog.md