From c9efbed712ee00d11cf9db1ea35e2a2e5011ce4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "CMIP-IPO: Automated GitHub Action" <actions@wcrp-cmip.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 23:56:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] check writing to files

---
 .github/workflows/version_update.yml | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/version_update.yml b/.github/workflows/version_update.yml
index dd9ed3f15..1e50a4809 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/version_update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/version_update.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@ jobs:
         # working-directory: .github/libs  # Adjusted the working directory
         shell: bash
 
+      - name: Display Version Metadata for JSON Files
+        run: |
+          # Get the list of JSON files in the repository
+          json_files=$(git ls-tree --name-only -r HEAD | grep '\.json$')
+      
+          # Iterate over each JSON file and display 'version_metadata'
+          for json_file in $json_files; do
+            metadata=$(git show HEAD:$json_file | jq -r '.version_metadata')
+            echo "File: $json_file, Version Metadata: $metadata"
+          done
+        shell: bash
+
 
       - name: Write Changes
         run: |