Oss 751 add release repo dispatch

[xsalefter]

Original issue: #751

See complete explanation here: killbill/gh-actions-shared#41

[pierre]

Should we specify the type for safety here?

on:
    repository_dispatch:
        types: [update_killbill-commons_version]

[pierre]

I think we should run CI in parallel. It takes a very long time + as you said, we can fix things manually (this would be in other repos and wouldn't be a release blocker).

[xsalefter]

"parallel" means we don't need to call needs: update_version_from_repository_dispatch so each job will run together? But we need to update version before we run build and release, no?

[pierre]

To your comment (https://github.com/killbill/gh-actions-shared/pull/41/files#r1232894706), I'm thinking indeed that we don't need to share that workflow.

But I also think we don't even need it. You could just call release.yml and specify the new version to update:

killbill-oss-parent/.github/workflows/release.yml

Line 7 in 24ce1d6

description: 'New killbill-commons version'

[xsalefter]

.... You could just call release.yml and specify the new version to update:

@pierre do you mean as something like:

....

    release-jobs:
      name: "Test Various Workflow"
      uses: ./.github/workflows/dispatch_and_call.yml
      with:
        commons_version: <from_repository_dispatch>
....

? If so, it is not working. See this action result (hello_msg and is_exist is not set at all). This is repeatable and you can try here. main workflow file that simulate our release.yml is here.

[pierre]

I think we don't need the shared workflow (nor this PR).

In https://github.com/killbill/killbill-commons/pull/167/files#diff-87db21a973eed4fef5f32b267aa60fcee5cbdf03c67fafdc2a9b553bb0b15f34R118, could you call the workflow dispatch to trigger the existing release.yml workflow (and specify commons_version in the payload)?

[xsalefter]

@pierre I update PR in commons. The payload now:

"{\"event_type\":\"update_kb_commons_version\", \"client_payload\": {\"commons_version\": \"$PROJECT_VERSION\"}}"

you can give a feedback.

As PR in this repo, I think we need at least:

repository_dispatch:
    types: [update_kb_commons_version, update_kb_base_plugin_version, update_kb_platform_version, update_kb_client_version]

as you mentioned above, no?

[xsalefter]

Btw, I don't think that this is will work. Variables from repository_dispatch's payload will be github.event.client_payload.*, and what workflow_dispatch will be github.event.inputs.*.

I tried to set default like this:

....
inputs:
      hello-msg:
        description: "Hello Message"
        type: string
        required: false
        default: ${{ github.event.client_payload.hello-msg }}

but this is not valid.

[xsalefter]

Close this PR. killbill-commons (and other involved repositories) will just call workflow_dispatch API directly to the release.yml workflow file. For killbill-commons, see this PR.