merge-release-changes-to-main.yml

on:
    push:
      branches:
        - 'workflows/gh-action-merge-release-changes-into-main'
env:
    starting_branch: ${{ github.ref }}
    working_branch: workflows/merge-release-changes-to-main
    base_branch: main
permissions:
    contents: write
    issues: write
    pull-requests: write

jobs:
    check_out:
        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
        if: ${{ github.repository }} == 'hemlholtz-analytics/heat'
        steps:
          # make sure that new branch is created from starting_branch
            - name: Delete working branch if it already exists
              run: git push --delete origin ${{ env.working_branch }} || true
            - uses: actions/checkout@v3
              with:
                token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
                ref: '${{ env.starting_branch }}'
            - name: Create working branch
              run: |
                git checkout -b ${{ env.working_branch }} ${{ env.starting_branch }}
                git pull ${{ env.working_branch }}
                git push --set-upstream origin ${{ env.working_branch }}
            # - name: Check for differences between release and main
            #   run: |
            #     git fetch origin ${{ env.base_branch }}
            #     DIFF=$(git log origin/${{ env.base_branch }}..${{ env.working_branch }})
            #     if [ -z "$DIFF" ]; then
            #       echo "No differences found. Exiting without creating a pull request."
            #       exit 0
            #     fi
            - name: Create a pull request
              uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
              with:
                delete-branch: true
                token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
                commit-message: 'Merge release changes to main'
                title: 'Merge ${{ env.starting_branch }} changes to ${{ env.base_branch }}'
                body: 'This PR merges changes from release branch to main branch'
                branch: '${{ env.working_branch }}'
                base: '${{ env.base_branch }}'