create-release-issue.yml

on:
  schedule:
    # * is a special character in YAML so you have to quote this string
    # There's no direct way to schedule the job run every 2 weeks, instead we schedule it on the 1st and 15th of every month. The trick is taken from https://stackoverflow.com/a/46233330/7820085
    - cron: "30 1 1,15 * *"
  workflow_dispatch:

name: Create an issue to release the NPM package
permissions:
  contents: read
  issues: write

jobs:
  create_issue:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          ref: main

      - name: Check if there's been any commits in the last two weeks
        run: |
          counter=$(git log --since='2 weeks ago' --pretty=oneline | wc -l)
          if [ $counter -eq 0 ]; then
              echo "No commits in the last two weeks, exiting"
              exit 1
          fi

          echo "There are $counter commits in the last two weeks, continuing"

      - name: Create an issue
        uses: JasonEtco/create-an-issue@v2
        if: success()
        with:
          filename: .github/release_new_npm_package_template.md
          update_existing: true
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}