release-create-release-candidate-branch.yml

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'}}