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From: =?UTF-8?q?H=C3=A5vard=20Gj=C3=B8by=20Thom?=
 <34199185+havardthom@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 20:24:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add action that creates github release based on CHANGELOG.md
 (#462)

---
 .github/workflows/github-release.yml | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/github-release.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-release.yml b/.github/workflows/github-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6277a546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: Create new release
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # Runs "At 00:01 every night" (UTC)
+    - cron: '1 0 * * *'
+
+jobs:
+  create-new-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Parse CHANGELOG.md for yesterday's entries and create a new release
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          YESTERDAY=$(date -u --date="yesterday" +%Y-%m-%d)
+          YESTERDAY_CHANGELOG_NOTES=$(awk '/^## '"$YESTERDAY"'/ {f=1; next} f && /^## [0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}/ {f=0} f && !/^## / {print}' CHANGELOG.md)
+          
+          if [ -n "$YESTERDAY_CHANGELOG_NOTES" ]; then
+            gh release create "$YESTERDAY" -n "$YESTERDAY_CHANGELOG_NOTES" --latest
+          fi