create-release.yml

name: create-release
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      type:
        type: choice
        description: 'Type of release'
        options: # put in ascending order to not accidentally cut a "major" release PR
          - prerelease
          - prepatch
          - preminor
          - premajor
          - patch
          - minor
          - major
        required: true
jobs:
  create-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          persist-credentials: true
      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v2
      - name: set git config for pnpm version, git push
        run: |
          git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions"
          git config --global user.email noreply@github.com
      - name: set-version
        id: version
        run: |
          if [[ ${{ github.event.inputs.type }} != pre* ]]
          then
            version=$(pnpm version ${{ github.event.inputs.type }} --no-git-tag-version)
          else
            version=$(pnpm version ${{ github.event.inputs.type }} --preid next --no-git-tag-version)
          fi
          echo "version=$version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
      - run: echo "::debug::version is ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
      - run: echo "::notice title="releasing"::${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
      - if: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version == '' }}
        run: echo "::error ::Invalid version" && exit 1
      # - uses: actions/setup-node@v3  # is this needed???
      #   with:
      #     node-version-file: '.node-version'
      #     cache: 'pnpm'
      - id: branch
        run: echo "name=release/${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
      - name: Create release branch
        run: git checkout -b ${{ steps.branch.outputs.name }}
      # this is not required when pnpm is creating the git tag
      - name: add and commit changes
        run: |
          git add package.json
          git commit -m '[automated] release: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}'
      - run: git push origin ${{ steps.branch.outputs.name }}
      - id: pr
        run: |
          url=$(gh pr create --title "release: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}" --body "Automated PR created to release a new version of the project")
          echo "link=$url" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      - run: echo '${{ steps.pr.outputs.link }}'
      - run: echo ::notice title="created"::${{ steps.pr.outputs.link }}
      - run: echo ::notice title="type"::${{ github.event.inputs.type }}