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Nightly Beta

Nightly Beta #2

Workflow file for this run

name: Nightly Beta
on:
schedule:
- cron: '0 3 * * *'
workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
nightly-beta:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
fetch-depth: 0
- name: Check for changes since last beta
id: check
run: |
LAST_BETA=$(git tag -l 'v*-beta*' --sort=-v:refname | head -n1)
LAST_RELEASE=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --match 'v[0-9]*' --exclude '*-*' HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "")
REF="${LAST_BETA:-${LAST_RELEASE}}"
if [ -n "$REF" ]; then
CHANGES=$(git log "${REF}..HEAD" --oneline --no-merges | grep -cv '\[skip ci\]' || true)
else
CHANGES=$(git log HEAD --oneline --no-merges | grep -cv '\[skip ci\]' || true)
fi
echo "changes=$CHANGES" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
echo "Changes since ${REF:-inception}: $CHANGES"
- name: Create beta tag and trigger release
if: steps.check.outputs.changes != '0'
run: |
BASE=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --match 'v[0-9]*' --exclude '*-*' HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "v0.1.0")
SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
# Find next available beta number (API check handles ghost refs from deleted tags)
NUM=1
while gh api "repos/${{ github.repository }}/git/ref/tags/${BASE}-beta.${NUM}" --silent 2>/dev/null; do
NUM=$((NUM + 1))
done
# Create tag, retry with next number on conflict (ghost ref not visible via GET)
for i in $(seq 0 4); do
TAG="${BASE}-beta.$((NUM + i))"
if gh api "repos/${{ github.repository }}/git/refs" \
-f ref="refs/tags/${TAG}" -f sha="${SHA}" 2>/dev/null; then
echo "Created tag: ${TAG}"
gh workflow run release.yml -f "tag=${TAG}"
echo "Triggered release build"
exit 0
fi
done
echo "::error::Could not create beta tag"
exit 1
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}