release-check.yml

name: Check for new release

# This script runs on a schedule to check for new releases from the upstream repo. If it finds a new release writes the latest release number to a file. 
# Credit to peterevans on stackoverflow for the script: https://stackoverflow.com/a/58468828

on:
  schedule:
    - cron:  '41 19 * * *'

  # Enable manual trigger
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  get-version:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
      - name: Fetch release version
        run: bash release-check.sh
      - name: Check for modified files
        id: git-check
        run: echo "modified=$([ -z "`git status --porcelain`" ] && echo "false" || echo "true")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
      - name: Commit latest release version
        if: steps.git-check.outputs.modified == 'true'
        run: |
          git config --global user.name 'hucknz'
          git config --global user.email '12265772+hucknz@users.noreply.github.com'
          git commit -am "New release version found"
          git push