ci/cd: publishing nightly packages with devYYYYMMMDD

.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+name: Nightly packages
+
+on:
+  pull_request: # this shall test only the part of workflow before publishing
+    branches: [main, "release/*"]
+    types: [opened, reopened, ready_for_review, synchronize]
+    paths:
+      - ".github/workflows/release-nightly.yml"
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 0 * * 0" # on Sundays
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+jobs:
+  releasing-nightly:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.10"
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: python -m pip install --user --upgrade setuptools wheel
+    - name: Build
+      env:
+        CONVERT_VERSION2NIGHTLY: "1"
+      run: python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+
+    # We do this, since failures on test.pypi aren't that bad
+    - name: Publish to Test PyPI
+      if: startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags') || github.event_name == 'release'
+      uses: pypa/[email protected]
+      with:
+        user: __token__
+        password: ${{ secrets.test_pypi_password }}
+        repository_url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
+
+    - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
+      if: startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags') || github.event_name == 'release'
+      uses: pypa/[email protected]
+      with:
+        user: __token__
+        password: ${{ secrets.pypi_password }}

.github/workflows/release-pypi.yml

@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ on:  # Trigger the workflow on push or pull request, but only for the main branc
 # based on https://github.com/pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  releasing-pypi:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5

setup.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 import glob
 import os
+import re
 from importlib.util import module_from_spec, spec_from_file_location
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@
 
 _PATH_ROOT = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 _PATH_REQUIRES = os.path.join(_PATH_ROOT, "requirements")
+# check if os env. variable is set to convert version to nightly
+_CONVERT_VERSION = int(os.environ.get("CONVERT_VERSION2NIGHTLY", 0))
 
 
 def _load_py_module(fname, pkg="thunder"):
@@ -19,6 +22,35 @@ def _load_py_module(fname, pkg="thunder"):
     return py
 
 
+def convert_version2nightly(about_file: str = "thunder/__about__.py") -> None:
+    """Load the actual version and convert it to the nightly version."""
+    from datetime import datetime
+
+    # load the about file
+    with open(about_file) as fo:
+        lines = fo.readlines()
+    idx = None
+    # find the line with version
+    for i, ln, in enumerate(lines):
+        if ln.startswith("__version__"):
+            idx = i
+            break
+    if idx is None:
+        raise ValueError("The version is not found in the `__about__.py` file.")
+    # parse the version from variable assignment
+    version = lines[idx].split("=")[1].strip().strip('"')
+    # parse X.Y.Z version and prune any suffix
+    vers = re.match(r"(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+).*", version)
+    # create timestamp  YYYYMMDD
+    timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d")
+    version = f"{'.'.join(vers.groups())}.dev{timestamp}"
+    # print the new version
+    lines[idx] = f'__version__ = "{version}"\n'
+    # dump updated lines
+    with open(about_file, "w") as fo:
+        fo.writelines(lines)
+
+
 def _load_requirements(path_dir: str, file_name: str = "requirements.txt") -> list:
     reqs = parse_requirements(open(os.path.join(path_dir, file_name)).readlines())
     return [r for r in list(map(str, reqs)) if "@" not in r]
@@ -56,6 +88,9 @@ def _load_readme_description(path_dir: str, homepage: str, version: str) -> str:
     return text
 
 
+if _CONVERT_VERSION:
+    convert_version2nightly()
+
 about = _load_py_module("__about__.py")
 
 # https://packaging.python.org/discussions/install-requires-vs-requirements /