pre_release_workflow.yml

name: pre_release_workflow
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      tagName:
        description: 'Tag to create'
        required: true
        type: string
        default: 'vX.Y.Z'
jobs:
  pin_dependency_versions:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      GH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
    steps:
      - name: Setup Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: "3.11"
          architecture: x64
      - name: checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Reset pinned hash versions
        run: .github/workflows/pin_versions.py --unpin
      - name: Install with latest dependencies
        run: pip install -e .[dev]
      - id: pin_versions
        name: Pin Versions
        run: |
          MSG=$(.github/workflows/pin_versions.py)
          echo "COMMIT_MESSAGE=\"$MSG\"" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
      - name: Add setup.cfg
        run: |
          git add setup.cfg
      - name: Commit changes
        run: |
          git config --global user.name "GitHub Workflow"
          git config --global user.email "robert.tuck@diamond.ac.uk"
          git commit -m ${{steps.pin_versions.outputs.COMMIT_MESSAGE}}
          git tag ${{inputs.tagName}}
          git push origin ${{inputs.tagName}}
      - name: Create Release
        run: gh release create --generate-notes --draft ${{inputs.tagName}}
      - name: Edit Release Notes
        run: |
          echo -e "${{ steps.pin_versions.outputs.COMMIT_MESSAGE }}\n\n" > "$RUNNER_TEMP/relnotes.txt" 
          gh release view ${{ inputs.tagName }} | sed '0,/^--$/d' >> "$RUNNER_TEMP/relnotes.txt"
          gh release edit ${{ inputs.tagName }} --notes-file "$RUNNER_TEMP/relnotes.txt"