cleanTemplate.yml

name: Clean Template

on:
  # run when branch created (repo generated from template)
  create:

# only keep latest run of this workflow
concurrency:
  group: first-time-setup
  cancel-in-progress: false

# ADDED THIS CHANGE
permissions: 
  actions: write
  checks: write
  contents: write


jobs:
  first-time-setup:
    # ensure run only once, when repo generated
    if: github.run_number == 1

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      # get main branch repo contents
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      # remove files not needed for user instance of template
      - name: Remove unneeded files
        run: |
          # Prepare variables
          NAME="${GITHUB_REPOSITORY##*/}"
          USER=$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER

          # update placeholders
          sed -i "s/%NAME%/$NAME/g" .github/template-cleanup/README.md
          sed -i "s/%USER%/$USER/g" .github/template-cleanup/README.md
          sed -i "s/%NAME%/$NAME/g" .github/template-cleanup/config/hugo.yaml
          sed -i "s/%USER%/$USER/g" .github/template-cleanup/config/hugo.yaml
          sed -i "s/%NAME%/$NAME/g" .github/template-cleanup/config/params.yaml
          sed -i "s/%USER%/$USER/g" .github/template-cleanup/config/params.yaml
          sed -i "s/%NAME%/$NAME/g" .github/template-cleanup/go.mod
          sed -i "s/%USER%/$USER/g" .github/template-cleanup/go.mod
          sed -i "s/%NAME%/$NAME/g" .github/template-cleanup/content/about.md
          sed -i "s/%USER%/$USER/g" .github/template-cleanup/content/about.md

          # replace files
          cp -R .github/template-cleanup/README.md .
          cp -R .github/template-cleanup/config/* config/_default/
          cp -R .github/template-cleanup/go.mod .
          cp -R .github/template-cleanup/content/* content/

          # move files
          mv -f .github/workflows/buildDeploy.yaml .github/deploymentWorkflow/buildDeploy.yaml

          # download new author and thumbnail images
          wget -O assets/author.png https://github.com/$USER.png
          wget -O assets/thumbnail.png https://github.com/$USER.png

          # remove files
          rm -rf \
            .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ \
            .github/workflows/ \
            .github/template-cleanup/ \
            .github/renovate.json \
            go.sum \
            LICENSE \
            assets/author.jpeg \
            assets/thumbnail.jpeg

      # save changed files
      - name: Commit changed files
        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
        with:
          commit_message: "Setup and populate your repo"