create_release_pr.yml

name: Release stage 1 - create release PR

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      version:
        description: Version
        required: true
      branch:
        description: The branch to open the PR against
        required: false
        default: 'master'

jobs:
  create-release-pr:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 5
    steps:

      - name: Sanitise workflow inputs # Should be 1st step
        uses: cylc/release-actions/stage-1/sanitize-inputs@v1

      - name: Checkout repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          ref: ${{ env.BASE_REF }}
          fetch-depth: 0  # need to fetch all commits to check contributors

      - name: Check CONTRIBUTING.md
        uses: cylc/release-actions/check-shortlog@v1

      - name: Setup Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: '3.x'

      - name: Create & checkout PR branch
        uses: cylc/release-actions/stage-1/checkout-pr-branch@v1

      - name: Set the package version
        run: |
          npm version $VERSION

      - name: Generate changelog
        run: |
          python3 -m pip install -q towncrier
          towncrier build --yes --version $VERSION

      - name: Create pull request
        uses: cylc/release-actions/stage-1/create-release-pr@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          test-workflows: main.yml