prepare_deployment_branch.yaml

name: "Prepare Deployment Branch"

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule:
    # 3:00am UTC Tuesdays and Thursdays // 10:00pm EST Mondays and Wednesdays // 7:00pm PST Mondays and Wednesdays (https://crontab.guru/#0_3_*_*_2,4)
    # GitHub actions run in UTC (and EDT is UTC-4)
    # If this schedule changes, check any reminders that might be in slack with `/remind list`
    - cron: "0 3 * * 2,4"

jobs:
  prepare_branch:
    name: "Prepare the deployment branch and file a PR"
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: "Check out changes"
        uses: actions/checkout@d632683dd7b4114ad314bca15554477dd762a938

      - name: Set Environment Variables
        run: |
          DEPLOYMENT_DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
          echo >> ${GITHUB_ENV} DEPLOYMENT_DATE=${DEPLOYMENT_DATE?}
          echo >> ${GITHUB_ENV} BRANCH_NAME=deployment/${DEPLOYMENT_DATE?}

      - name: Output Branch Name
        run: |
          echo "Branch name: \"${BRANCH_NAME}\""

      - name: "Create branch '${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}' to contain the changes for the deployment on ${{ env.DEPLOYMENT_DATE }}"

        uses: JosiahSiegel/remote-branch-action@dbe7a2138eb064fbfdb980abee918091a7501fbe
        ## DevSecOps - Aquia (Replace) - uses: ./.github/actions/remote-branch-action

        with:
          branch: "${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}"

      - name: "Prepare a Pull Request from ${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }} into production branch"
        id: pr

        uses: JosiahSiegel/reliable-pull-request-action@ae8d0c88126329ee363a35392793d0bc94cb82e7
        ## DevSecOps - Aquia (Replace) - uses: ./.github/actions/reliable-pull-request-action

        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          title: "Deployment of ${{ env.DEPLOYMENT_DATE }}"
          sourceBranch: "${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}"
          targetBranch: "production"
          labels: DevOps,chore,deployment
          body: |
            ## Deployment of ${{ env.DEPLOYMENT_DATE }}
            This PR contains the changes that will go into the deployment scheduled for ${{ env.DEPLOYMENT_DATE }}.

      - name: "Produce Pull Request URL"
        run: |
          echo "PR URL: ${{ steps.pr.outputs.PRURL }}"