github_release.yml

name: Project release on Github

on:
  workflow_dispatch:  # this is useful to re-generate the release page without a new tag being pushed
  push:
    tags:
      - "v2.0.0-beta*"

jobs:
  generate-notes:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-tags: true
          fetch-depth: 0  # slow but needed by reno

      - name: Parse version
        id: version
        run: |
          echo "current_release=$(awk -F \\- '{print $1}' < VERSION.txt)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
          echo "current_pre_release=$(awk -F \\- '{print $2}' < VERSION.txt)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

      - name: Install reno
        run: |
          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
          pip install "reno<5"

      - name: Generate release notes for beta versions
        run: |
          reno report --no-show-source --ignore-cache --version v${{ steps.version.outputs.current_release }}-${{ steps.version.outputs.current_pre_release }} -o relnotes.rst

      - name: Convert to Markdown
        uses: docker://pandoc/core:3.1
        with:
          args: "--from rst --to markdown_github --no-highlight relnotes.rst -o relnotes.md --wrap=none"

      - name: Debug
        run: |
          cat relnotes.md

      - uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        with:
          bodyFile: "relnotes.md"
          prerelease: ${{ steps.version.outputs.current_pre_release }}
          allowUpdates: true