create-initial-issues.yml

name: Create Initial Issues

on:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  create-issues:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    concurrency:
      group: create-initial-issues-${{ github.ref }}
      cancel-in-progress: false
    if: ${{ github.repository != 'AOSSIE-Org/Template-Repo' }}
    permissions:
      contents: write
      issues: write
    
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Check if issues file exists
        id: check_file
        run: |
          if [ -f ".github/initial-issues.json" ]; then
            echo "exists=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          else
            echo "exists=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
            echo "Issues file not found. Skipping..."
          fi

      - name: Create issues from JSON
        if: steps.check_file.outputs.exists == 'true'
        id: create_issues
        uses: actions/github-script@v7
        #js-yaml is NOT bundled with actions/github-script@v7 hecne we use JSON for the issues file
        with:
          script: |
            const fs = require('fs');
            
            // Read and parse the issues JSON file
            const issuesData = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('.github/initial-issues.json', 'utf8'));
            
            // Validate structure
            if (!issuesData || !issuesData.issues || !Array.isArray(issuesData.issues)) {
              throw new Error('Invalid issues data structure. Expected { issues: [...] }');
            }
            
            console.log(`Creating ${issuesData.issues.length} issues...`);
            
            let successCount = 0;
            let failCount = 0;
            
            // Create each issue
            for (const issue of issuesData.issues) {
              try {
                const response = await github.rest.issues.create({
                  owner: context.repo.owner,
                  repo: context.repo.repo,
                  title: issue.title,
                  body: issue.body,
                  labels: issue.labels || []
                });
                console.log(`✓ Created issue #${response.data.number}: ${issue.title}`);
                successCount++;
              } catch (error) {
                console.error(`✗ Failed to create issue "${issue.title}":`, error.message);
                failCount++;
              }
            }
            
            console.log(`\nSummary: ${successCount} succeeded, ${failCount} failed`);
            
            // Fail the step if any issues failed to create
            if (failCount > 0) {
              throw new Error(`Failed to create ${failCount} issue(s)`);
            }

      - name: Delete issues file and workflow
        if: steps.create_issues.outcome == 'success'
        run: |
          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
          
          # Delete the files
          git rm .github/initial-issues.json
          git rm .github/workflows/create-initial-issues.yml
          
          # Commit the changes
          git commit -m "chore: cleanup initial issues automation files"
          
          # Pull latest changes to avoid conflicts
          git pull --rebase origin ${{ github.ref_name }}
          
          # Push the changes
          git push