Fix Release Charts github action (#1675)

* Fix Release Charts github action

* use yq instead of grep

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-    # Release only if the 'version' field in Chart.yaml was updated
-    paths:
-      - helm-charts/**/Chart.yaml
 
 jobs:
   maybe_update:
@@ -18,37 +15,37 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Validate Chart.yaml Update
+      - name: Check if the release is needed
         id: check_update_chart
         run: |
-          LATEST_VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector-chart/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d - -f 4 | cut -d \" -f 1)
-          CURRENT_VERSION=$(cat helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/Chart.yaml | grep -E "^version:" | cut -d " " -f 2)
+          LATEST_VERSION=$(curl -s https://signalfx.github.io/splunk-otel-collector-chart/index.yaml | yq e '.entries["splunk-otel-collector"][0].version')
+          CURRENT_VERSION=$(yq e '.version' helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/Chart.yaml)
           if [ "$LATEST_VERSION" != "$CURRENT_VERSION" ]; then
             echo "New release needed, creating..."
-            echo "VALID_UPDATE=1" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "NEED_RELEASE=1" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else
             echo "No new release needed"
-            echo "VALID_UPDATE=0" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "NEED_RELEASE=0" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
           exit 0
 
       - name: Configure Git
         run: git config user.name "$GITHUB_ACTOR" && git config user.email "[email protected]"
-        if: ${{ steps.check_update_chart.outputs.VALID_UPDATE == 1 }}
+        if: ${{ steps.check_update_chart.outputs.NEED_RELEASE == 1 }}
 
       - name: Install Helm
         uses: azure/setup-helm@v4
         with:
           version: v3.11.3
-        if: ${{ steps.check_update_chart.outputs.VALID_UPDATE == 1 }}
+        if: ${{ steps.check_update_chart.outputs.NEED_RELEASE == 1 }}
 
       - name: Set up chart dependencies
         run: make render
-        if: ${{ steps.check_update_chart.outputs.VALID_UPDATE == 1 }}
+        if: ${{ steps.check_update_chart.outputs.NEED_RELEASE == 1 }}
 
       - name: Generate Release Notes
         run: make chlog-release-notes OUTPUT=file
-        if: ${{ steps.check_update_chart.outputs.VALID_UPDATE == 1 }}
+        if: ${{ steps.check_update_chart.outputs.NEED_RELEASE == 1 }}
 
       - name: Run chart-releaser
         uses: helm/[email protected]
@@ -57,4 +54,4 @@ jobs:
           config: .github/workflows/configs/cr.yaml
         env:
           CR_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
-        if: ${{ steps.check_update_chart.outputs.VALID_UPDATE == 1 }}
+        if: ${{ steps.check_update_chart.outputs.NEED_RELEASE == 1 }}