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• Testing diferent Github actions workflows for automatic release using Semantic-release

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How to configure it

• Add a Lint PR workflow to check the PR title contains a mandatory flag (feat, fix, ...)

• It can work with protected branches, but then you need a personal access token or a Github App

• You need to configure the repository settings with the merge option 'Squash all commits'

• Install an extension or use Redefined Github with the properly sync-pr-commit-title enabled

• If I do not find a way to modify the "Merge pull request #.." automatic commit log we need to remove the Squash Commit options on the repo in order to work (then not sure the previous Lint PR workflow has sense)

  • Using the redefined github to change the PR commit message (but does not work), if not there is a chrome extension

Protected branches

Using a Peronal Access Token

• Generate a new Personal Access token
• While checking out code add the persist-credential configuration

      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false

• Add the token into your Settings > Secrets section
• Configure the Semantic Release action to use your previous generated token

Use a Github App (recomended)

• Create a new Github App under your setttings
• Grant at least the following rights Read/Write on the Administration part (to overwrite the protected branches rules) Read/Write on the Contents part (to be able to push) Read/Write on the Issues part Read on the Metadata
• Install the app on your acount and configure it for all repos or just a few ones
• Download the pem file and transform it using the command cat private-key.pem | base64 -w 0 && echo
• Add 2 secrets on your Settings > Secrets section, the AUTOMATION_APP_ID with the id for your newly generated app and the AUTOMATION_APP_SECRET with the content of the base64 command
• Change the workflow to use the previous secrets with

      - name: Generate token
        id: generate_token
        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v1.0.2
        with:
          app_id: ${{ secrets.AUTOMATION_APP_ID }}
          private_key: ${{ secrets.AUTOMATION_APP_SECRET }}

      - name: Semantic Releaser
        uses: cycjimmy/semantic-release-action@v2.5.3
        with:
          extra_plugins: |
            @semantic-release/changelog
            @semantic-release/git
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}