push_changes_to_spec.yml

name: Push changes to neurostore-spec

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - '**'
      - '!gh-pages'
jobs:
  update_specification:
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Specification
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          repository: neurostuff/neurostore-spec
          submodules: true
          token: ${{ secrets.ADMIN_PAT }}
      - name: Change/Create branch
        run: |
          git fetch
          git ls-remote --exit-code --heads origin  ${{ github.ref_name }} || git branch ${{ github.ref_name }}
          git checkout ${{ github.ref_name }}
      - name: Checkout nimads
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          path: nimads
      - name: Update specification
        run: |
          git config --local user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
          git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
          # check to see if there were any changes to the repository and no branches made
          if [ -z $(git diff --submodule) ]; then
            echo "no new changes in nimads"
            if [ -z "$(git ls-remote --heads origin ${{ github.ref_name }})" ]; then
              git push -q https://github.com/neurostuff/neurostore-spec.git ${{ github.ref_name }}
            else
              echo "branch already exists and is up to date"
            fi
          else
            git commit -m "${{ github.sha }}" -a
            git push -q https://github.com/neurostuff/neurostore-spec.git ${{ github.ref_name }}
          fi