main.yml

name: Update Writeup List 

# Trigger the workflow when changes are pushed to the main branch
# and the changes include the writeups file
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main 
    paths:
      - writeups/**

jobs:
  update-readme:
    # Use the latest version of Ubuntu as the runner environment
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      # Check out the code at the specified pull request head commit
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      # Install Python 3
      - name: Install Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
        with:
          python-version: '3.x' 

      # Execute the site_list.py Python script
      - name: Execute updateWriteups.py 
        run: python updateWriteups.py

       # Commit any changes made by the script
      - name: Commit and push changes
        run: |
          git config --local user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
          git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
          if ! git diff --exit-code; then
            git commit -a -m "Updated Writeup List"
            git push
          fi