merge-release-in-main.yml

name: Merge release branch back into main

on:
  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
  workflow_dispatch:
  push:
    branches:
      - "release/*"

concurrency: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}

# Sets permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN to allow deployment to GitHub Pages
permissions:
  id-token: write
  contents: write
  pull-requests: write

jobs:
  # Create PR
  create:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Generate branch name
        id: branchname
        run: |
          echo "::set-output name=branchname::backmerge/${{ github.ref_name }}-$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')"
      - name: Create branch
        run: |
          branch="${{ steps.branchname.outputs.branchname }}"
          git checkout -b $branch
          git push --set-upstream origin $branch --force

      # ---
      # Unfortunately, this step is no longer possible due to security constraints.
      # User will have to create the PR manually until we can get a way to create a PR here.
      # ---
      #- name: create pull request
      #  id: open-pr
      #  uses: repo-sync/pull-request@v2
      # with:
      #    github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      #    source_branch: ${{ steps.branchname.outputs.branchname }}
      #    destination_branch: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
      #    pr_title: "[Automated] Merge ${{ github.ref_name }} into ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}"
      #    pr_body: "Merge ${{github.ref}} back into ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}"