test4update.yml

name: Test4Updates Qt6

# Controls when the action will run. Triggers the workflow on cron like time
on:
  schedule:
  # This is UTC in crontab format, minutes hours etc....
    - cron: '35 10 * * *' 
  # - cron: '35 10,22 * * *'     # no, twice a day is silly, I cannot respond that quickly.
  #workflow_dispatch

#  issues:
    # types: [opened, edited] # only do edited so we dont retrigger ourself
#    types: [edited]
      
env:
  SOURCE: 'libQtPas_src'

jobs:
  build:
    name: ${{ matrix.config.name }}
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
    defaults:
      run:
        shell: bash 

    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        config:
          - os: ubuntu-20.04
            name: 'Linux 64'

    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
    steps:

    # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      with:
        path: '${{ env.SOURCE }}'

    - name: Test if Qt updated
      id: test_updated     
      run: ${{ env.SOURCE }}/cbindings/package/scripts/check4update.bash         
#      run: |       

    # This will, if the above script returned an error, assume we need to raise
    # an issue because the versions no longer match
    - name: create an issue
      uses: dacbd/create-issue-action@main
      if: ${{ failure() }}
      with:
        token: ${{ github.token }}
        title: Update Required
        body: This library needs to be updated  
        
    - name: decide
      if: ${{ failure() }}
      # apparently next line contains deprecated use of nodejs 12 ??   
      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2.2.2
      with:
        name: libQtPas
        path: result.text
        #${{ env.SOURCE }}/result.text