contributor_fetch.yml

name: Generate Contributors List and Push to Collabora Github IO

# This will run the workflow every day at 3:00 UTC
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 3 * * *'  # This sets the cron job to run daily at 3 AM UTC

  # Allows the workflow to be triggered manually as well
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  generate-contributors:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout main repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          repository: CollaboraOnline/online  # Specify the main repo
          ref: master  # Ensure we check out the master branch

      # Fetch the latest changes from the remote repository
      - name: Fetch latest changes
        run: git pull origin master  # Pull the latest changes from master

      # Step to run the script and generate the contributors.md file
      - name: Install Node.js and dependencies
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: '18'  # Adjust the Node.js version if needed

      - run: npm install node-fetch@2  # Ensure node-fetch v2 is installed
      - run: node scripts/contributors-credit.js  # Run the script that generates `contributors.md`

      # Step to commit and push the generated markdown file to the GitHub IO repository
      - name: Checkout GitHub IO Repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          repository: CollaboraOnline/CollaboraOnline.github.io  # Target GitHub Pages repository
          token: ${{ secrets.GENERATE_CONTRIBUTORS }}  # Use the GitHub(Personal access token) token for authentication
          path: repo  # Specify the path for the repo checkout

      - name: Copy generated file to GitHub IO repo
        run: |
          cp contributors.md repo/content/post/contributors.md  # Copy to the desired path

      - name: Commit changes
        run: |
          cd repo
          git config user.name "$GITHUB_ACTOR"
          git config user.email "$GITHUB_ACTOR@users.noreply.github.com"
          git add content/post/contributors.md
          git commit -m "Update contributors list" --signoff  # Add sign-off to the commit

      - name: Push changes
        run: |
          cd repo
          git push origin master  # Push to master branch