From 12aac6853e668ce77f32d2077f45a26f1d8a96a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Bernd <git@flobernd.de>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 16:11:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Minor generation workflow bugfix (#2187)

---
 .github/workflows/generate.yml | 18 +++++-------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate.yml b/.github/workflows/generate.yml
index 4a6a119cbd..f04fe5837b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ defaults:
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # The actor check currently does not work. The `secrets.PAT` belongs to `delvedor` and not
+    # `elasticmachine`. We should make sure to change this in the future.
     if: github.repository_owner == 'elastic' && github.actor != 'elasticmachine'
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Check for Changed Files
       id: changes
       run: |
-        if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
+        if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain ./output)" ]; then
           echo "has-changes=1" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         fi
 
@@ -64,13 +66,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Push Output
       if: steps.changes.outputs.has-changes == '1'
       run: |
-        cd ./output
-
-        git add -A
+        git add -A ./output
         git commit -m "Update specification output"
-
-        git status
-
         git push
 
     # For debugging purposes:
@@ -79,14 +76,9 @@ jobs:
     #   env:
     #     BRANCH_NAME: output_${{ github.run_id }}_${{ github.run_attempt }}
     #   run: |
-    #     cd ./output
-
     #     git fetch
     #     git switch main
 
-    #     git add -A
+    #     git add -A ./output
     #     git commit -m "Update specification output"
-
-    #     git status
-
     #     git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}