prepare-for-a-release.yml

name: Prepare for a release

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'release-[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'

concurrency: prepare-for-a-release

jobs:
  # all tasks that need to be done before we add an X.Y.Z tag
  # should be done as a step in the pre-tagging job.
  # think of it like this... if when you later checkout the tag for a release,
  # should the change be there? if yes, do it here.
  pre-tagging:
    name: Tasks run before tagging the release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout main
        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
        with:
          ref: "main"
          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
      - name: Update CHANGELOG.md
        uses: docker://ghcr.io/ponylang/release-bot-action:0.6.3
        with:
          entrypoint: update-changelog-for-release
        env:
          GIT_USER_NAME: "Ponylang Main Bot"
          GIT_USER_EMAIL: "ponylang.main@gmail.com"
      - name: Update VERSION
        uses: docker://ghcr.io/ponylang/release-bot-action:0.6.3
        with:
          entrypoint: update-version-in-VERSION
        env:
          GIT_USER_NAME: "Ponylang Main Bot"
          GIT_USER_EMAIL: "ponylang.main@gmail.com"
      - name: Update version in README
        uses: docker://ghcr.io/ponylang/release-bot-action:0.6.3
        with:
          entrypoint: update-version-in-README
        env:
          GIT_USER_NAME: "Ponylang Main Bot"
          GIT_USER_EMAIL: "ponylang.main@gmail.com"
      - name: Update corral.json
        uses: docker://ghcr.io/ponylang/release-bot-action:0.6.3
        with:
          entrypoint: update-version-in-corral-json
        env:
          GIT_USER_NAME: "Ponylang Main Bot"
          GIT_USER_EMAIL: "ponylang.main@gmail.com"

  # tag for release
  # this will kick off the next stage of the release process
  # no additional steps should be added to this job
  tag-release:
    name: Tag the release
    needs:
      - pre-tagging
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout main
        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
        with:
          ref: "main"
          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
      - name: Trigger artefact creation
        uses: docker://ghcr.io/ponylang/release-bot-action:0.6.3
        with:
          entrypoint: trigger-artefact-creation
        env:
          GIT_USER_NAME: "Ponylang Main Bot"
          GIT_USER_EMAIL: "ponylang.main@gmail.com"

  # all cleanup tags that should happen after tagging for release should happen
  # in the post-tagging job. examples of things you might do:
  # add a new unreleased section to a changelog
  # set a version back to "snapshot"
  # in general, post-tagging is for "going back to normal" from tasks that were
  # done during the pre-tagging job
  post-tagging:
    name: Tasks run after tagging the release
    needs:
      - tag-release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout main
        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
        with:
          ref: "main"
          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
      - name: Add "unreleased" section to CHANGELOG.md
        uses: docker://ghcr.io/ponylang/release-bot-action:0.6.3
        with:
          entrypoint: add-unreleased-section-to-changelog
        env:
          GIT_USER_NAME: "Ponylang Main Bot"
          GIT_USER_EMAIL: "ponylang.main@gmail.com"