create_version.yml

name: Update Version and README

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - 'master'

jobs:
  update_version_and_readme:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}

      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
        with:
          python-version: '3.x'

      - name: Determine current date
        id: current_date
        run: echo "::set-output name=date::$(TZ=Asia/Colombo date +'%Y%m%d')"

      - name: Reset counter if it's a new day
        id: reset_counter
        run: |
          current_date=$(TZ=Asia/Colombo date +'%Y%m%d')
          last_date=$(cat .github/last_date.txt || echo '0')
          if [ "$current_date" != "$last_date" ]; then
            echo "0" > .github/counter.txt
            echo "$current_date" > .github/last_date.txt
          fi

      - name: Read merge counter from file
        id: read_counter
        run: echo "::set-output name=counter::$(cat .github/counter.txt || echo '0')"

      - name: Increment merge counter
        id: increment_counter
        run: |
          counter=$((${{ steps.read_counter.outputs.counter }} + 1))
          echo "::set-output name=counter::$counter"
          echo $counter > .github/counter.txt

      - name: Update version file with date and merge counter
        run: echo "3.0.0.${{ steps.current_date.outputs.date }}.${{ steps.increment_counter.outputs.counter }}" > VERSION.txt

      - name: Update README.md
        run: |
          sed -i "s/Current Version:.*/Current Version: 3.0.0.${{ steps.current_date.outputs.date }}.${{ steps.increment_counter.outputs.counter }} (This line will be automatically updated to reflect the latest version)/" README.md

      - name: Set Git user name and email
        run: |
          git config --global user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"

      - name: Stage changes
        run: |
          git add VERSION.txt README.md .github/counter.txt .github/last_date.txt

      - name: Commit version and README update
        run: |
          git commit -m "Update version to 3.0.0.${{ steps.current_date.outputs.date }}.${{ steps.increment_counter.outputs.counter }}"

      - name: Push changes
        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
        with:
          branch: ${{ github.event.ref_name }}