Fix automatic_release.yml (Attempt 4)

.github/workflows/automatic_release.yml

@@ -34,13 +34,20 @@ jobs:
           echo "NEW_VERSION_NAME=$CURRENT_DATE" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "NEW_VERSION_CODE=$NEW_VERSION_CODE" >> $GITHUB_ENV    
 
-      - name: Commit and push changes
+      - name: Create a new branch, commit and push changes
         run: |
+          NEW_BRANCH="auto-update-$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M%S')"
+          git checkout -b $NEW_BRANCH
           git add gradle/libs.versions.toml
           git commit -m "Automatic release - v${{ env.NEW_VERSION_NAME }} (${{ env.NEW_VERSION_CODE }})"
-          git push
+          git push --set-upstream origin $NEW_BRANCH
 
-      - name: Create and push tag
-        run: |
-          git tag v${{ env.NEW_VERSION_NAME }}-${{ env.NEW_VERSION_CODE }}
-          git push origin v${{ env.NEW_VERSION_NAME }}-${{ env.NEW_VERSION_CODE }}
+      - name: Create a Pull Request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          commit-message: "Automatic release - v${{ env.NEW_VERSION_NAME }} (${{ env.NEW_VERSION_CODE }})"
+          branch: $NEW_BRANCH
+          title: "Automatic release - v${{ env.NEW_VERSION_NAME }} (${{ env.NEW_VERSION_CODE }})"
+          body: "This PR updates the version-name to v${{ env.NEW_VERSION_NAME }} and increments the version-code to ${{ env.NEW_VERSION_CODE }}."
+          labels: auto-update

.github/workflows/create_release_tag.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: Create Tag for Release
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [closed]
+
+jobs:
+  create_tag:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'auto-update')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # Fetch all history for all branches and tags
+
+      - name: Set up Git
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
+          git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions"
+
+      - name: Get version name and code from file
+        id: get_version
+        run: |
+          VERSION_NAME=$(grep 'version-name =' gradle/libs.versions.toml | awk -F'=' '{print $2}' | tr -d ' "')
+          VERSION_CODE=$(grep 'version-code =' gradle/libs.versions.toml | awk -F'=' '{print $2}' | tr -d ' "')
+          echo "VERSION_NAME=$VERSION_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "VERSION_CODE=$VERSION_CODE" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Create and push tag
+        run: |
+          TAG_NAME="v${{ env.VERSION_NAME }}-${{ env.VERSION_CODE }}"
+          git tag $TAG_NAME
+          git push origin $TAG_NAME