name: Nightly Release on: schedule: - cron: '0 0 * * *' # This runs at midnight UTC every day workflow_dispatch: # This allows the workflow to be triggered manually jobs: check-commits: runs-on: ubuntu-latest outputs: has_new_commits: ${{ steps.check-for-commits.outputs.has_new_commits }} steps: - name: Check out the repository uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.7 - name: Get the date of the last run id: last-run run: echo "DATE=$(date -u -d '1 day ago' +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')" >> $GITHUB_ENV - name: Check for new commits since the last run id: check-for-commits run: | last_run_date=$(echo "${{ env.DATE }}" | xargs -I {} date -u -d {} +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ') new_commits=$(git log --since="$last_run_date" --oneline) if [ -n "$new_commits" ]; then echo "::set-output name=has_new_commits::true" else echo "::set-output name=has_new_commits::false" fi release: runs-on: ubuntu-latest needs: check-commits env: GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} steps: - name: Check out the repository uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.7 - name: Delete existing nightly release if: needs.check-commits.outputs.has_new_commits == 'true' env: GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} run: | release_id=$(curl -sSf -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" "https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases/tags/nightly" | jq -r '.id') if [ -n "$release_id" ]; then curl -sSf \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \ -X DELETE \ "https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases/${release_id}" fi - name: Create new release if: needs.check-commits.outputs.has_new_commits == 'true' uses: actions/create-release@v1.1.4 with: tag_name: nightly release_name: Nightly Build draft: false prerelease: true body: "This is a Nightly build" - name: No new commits if: needs.check-commits.outputs.has_new_commits == 'false' run: echo "No new commits found."