create-release-branch.yml

name: "Create release branch"

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      release_version:
        required: true
        type: string
        default: '0.0'
      source_branch:
        required: false
        type: string
        default: 'main'
      branch_prefix:
        required: false
        type: string
        default: 'release-'
      update:
        type: boolean
        default: false
      dry_run:
        type: boolean
        default: false


defaults:
  run:
    shell: bash

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  create:
    name: Create release branch
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write
    steps:
      - name: Checkout NIC repo
        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
        with:
          ref: ${{ inputs.source_branch }}

      - name: Create new release branch
        run: |
          branch="${{ inputs.branch_prefix }}${{ inputs.release_version }}"
          if git rev-parse --verify remotes/origin/${branch}; then
            git checkout ${branch}
            git pull
            if ${{ inputs.update }}; then
              echo "Updating from ${{ inputs.source_branch }}."
              git merge -Xtheirs ${{ inputs.source_branch }} -m "chore: Merge branch ${{ inputs.source_branch }} into ${branch}"
            else
              echo "UPDATE not requested.  Not making any changes"
            fi
          else
            git checkout -b ${branch}
          fi

          echo "Pushing to branch $branch"
          if ! ${{ inputs.dry_run }}; then
              git push origin "${branch}"
          else
              echo "DRY RUN not making any changes"
              git push --dry-run origin "${branch}"
          fi
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NGINX_PAT }}