automated_release_and_build.yml

# Automatically generate a release on devel, master and any branch prefixed
# with release.
# Note: This does *not* trigger the `release: published` action so will not
# cause the manual_build.yml action to fire.
# Github actions do not allow chaining actions triggered via the default
# secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN and instead would require the addition of a personal
# authentication token. See:
# https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows#triggering-new-workflows-using-a-personal-access-token
# While we could go this route, it would require the addition of:
# 1) An automated 'bot' account to handle releases from the sanger/qunathub repo
# 2) Users to add the appropriate token to their forks if they want release behaviour.
# Instead I've opted to maintain separate automated and manual release actions.
# The two actions should remain in sync - Release building is the section from
#
# ## BUILD RELEASE
#
# onwards. Note that upload_url will differ between the two actions.
name: Automated Release and Build Project
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - develop
      - master
      - release/* # Mostly for testing purposes.

jobs:
  release:
    name: Automated Release and Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Export node version
        id: node_version
        run: echo ::set-output name=NODE_VERSION::$(cat .nvmrc)
      - name: Set release tag
        # Generate a release tag name in the format:
        # develop/YYYY-MM-DD/HHMMSS
        # Writes this out to the environment file for use downstream
        run: echo "RELEASE_TAG=${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}/$(date +'%Y-%m-%d/%H%M%S')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
      - name: Create Release
        id: create_release
        uses: actions/create-release@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # This token is provided by Actions, you do not need to create your own token
        with:
          tag_name: ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
          release_name: Release ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
          draft: false
          prerelease: ${{ !(github.ref == 'refs/heads/master') }}

      ## BUILD RELEASE

      - name: Setup node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
        with:
          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
      - name: Install
        run: npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
      - name: Compile build
        run: ./compile-build.sh release.tar.gz dist
      - name: Upload release.gz
        id: upload-release-gz
        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }} # Pull the URL from the event
          asset_path: ./release.tar.gz
          asset_name: release.tar.gz
          asset_content_type: application/gzip