github-actions-create-test-build.yml

name: GitHub Actions - Create Test Build
run-name:  Create test build onto the ${{ github.ref_name }} branch by @${{ github.actor }}

on:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  CreateTestBuild:
    name: Create Test Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Prepare node
        uses: ./packages/github-actions/actions/prepare-node
        with:
          node-version: 20
          cache-dependency-path: ./packages/github-actions/package-lock.json
          install-deps: "no"

      - name: Create and commit test build
        env:
          BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
        run: |
          REPO_URL="${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}"
          TEST_BRANCH_NAME="${BRANCH_NAME}-test-build"

          .github/scripts/github-actions-create-and-commit-build.sh "$REPO_URL" "$BRANCH_NAME"

          # This `git checkout HEAD^` is to prevent errors from the post jobs like "Prepare node".
          git checkout HEAD^ -- ./packages/github-actions/actions

          # Set/update the test branch
          git push --force origin "HEAD:refs/heads/${TEST_BRANCH_NAME}"

          # Set summary
          echo "### :link: The test build has been created" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "${REPO_URL}/tree/${TEST_BRANCH_NAME}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "### :zap: Use the test build" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "In the repo where you want to test custom actions with this test build, specify the \`uses\` with \`${{ github.repository }}/ACTION_PATH_TO_BE_TESTED@${TEST_BRANCH_NAME}\`." >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY