name: Step 4, Create a blog post # This step triggers after the learner creates a blog post. # This workflow updates from step 4 to step 5. # This will run every time we update a .md file in `_posts/` in the `my-pages` branch. # Reference: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/events-that-trigger-workflows on: workflow_dispatch: push: branches: - my-pages paths: - _posts/*.md # Reference: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/automatic-token-authentication permissions: # Need `contents: read` to checkout the repository. # Need `contents: write` to update the step metadata. contents: write jobs: # Get the current step to only run the main job when the learner is on the same step. get_current_step: name: Check current step number runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - name: Checkout uses: actions/checkout@v4 - id: get_step run: | echo "current_step=$(cat ./.github/steps/-step.txt)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT outputs: current_step: ${{ steps.get_step.outputs.current_step }} on_create_blog_post: name: On create blog post needs: get_current_step # We will only run this action when: # 1. This repository isn't the template repository. # 2. The step is currently 4. # Reference: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/contexts # Reference: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/expressions if: >- ${{ !github.event.repository.is_template && needs.get_current_step.outputs.current_step == 4 }} # We'll run Ubuntu for performance instead of Mac or Windows. runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: # We'll need to check out the repository so that we can edit the README. - name: Checkout uses: actions/checkout@v4 with: fetch-depth: 0 # Let's get all the branches. ref: my-pages # In README.md, switch step 4 for step 5. - name: Update to step 5 uses: skills/action-update-step@v2 with: token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} from_step: 4 to_step: 5 branch_name: my-pages