Release - Create Release Candidate Branch #29

	name: Release - Create Release Candidate Branch

	# Triggered manually
	on:
	workflow_dispatch:

	permissions:
	contents: write
	jobs:
	create-release-branch:
	runs-on: ubuntu-latest
	steps:
	- name: Checkout code
	uses: actions/checkout@v3
	with:
	token: ${{ secrets.ACTION_TOKEN }}
	ref: release
	# It would be easier to create the branch from develop,
	# but unfortunately the script that creates the PR's only considers commits added during the action run
	- name: Merge latest from target branch
	run: \|
	git config --global user.name 'Release Script'
	git config --global user.email 'ott-release-script@jwplayer.com'
	git fetch origin ${{ github.ref_name }}
	git merge origin/${{ github.ref_name }}
	yarn && yarn i18next
	env:
	GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ACTION_TOKEN }}

	- name: Generate changelog
	id: changelog
	uses: TriPSs/conventional-changelog-action@v5.1.0
	with:
	github-token: ${{ secrets.ACTION_TOKEN }}
	release-count: 0
	skip-tag: true
	git-push: false
	skip-ci: false
	preset: conventionalcommits
	input-file: 'CHANGELOG.md'

	- name: Create Pull Request
	uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
	with:
	token: ${{ secrets.ACTION_TOKEN }}
	title: Release Candidate - ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.tag }}${{ github.ref_name != 'develop' && ' (Hotfix)' \|\| ''}}
	base: release
	branch: ${{ github.ref_name == 'develop' && 'release-candidate' \|\| 'hotfix-release-candidate' }}
	body: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.clean_changelog }}
	labels: ${{github.ref_name == 'develop' && 'release-candidate' \|\| 'release-candidate,hotfix'}}

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