update-licences.yml

name: Update licenses

# Controls when the workflow will run
on:
  schedule:
    - cron:  '0 8 15 * *'

  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  get-licenses:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Check-out mainsail-docs repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          path: ./docs

      - name: Check-out Mainsail repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          path: ./mainsail
          repository: mainsail-crew/mainsail

      - name: Install Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: '18'

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: |
          cd mainsail
          npm ci
          npm i npm-license-crawler -g

      - name: Generate license information and commit
        run: |
          npm-license-crawler --production --onlyDirectDependencies --omitVersion --dependencies --json ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/docs/_data/licenses.json
          sed -e 's/\*//g' -i ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/docs/_data/licenses.json
          sed -e 's/git@github.com/https:\/\/github.com/' -i ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/docs/_data/licenses.json
          cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/docs
          git config user.name github-actions
          git config user.email github-actions@github.com
          
          if [[ -n $(git status -s) ]]; then 
            git add .
            git commit -m "updated license information"
            git push
          fi