go-write-to-file.yml

name: go-write-to-file

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule:
    - cron: '30 05,13,20 * * *'

jobs:
  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      # Using v4 to use in-built caching
      - name: Set up Go 1.x
        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
        with:
          go-version: '1.20'
        id: go

      # Using modules to maintain the dependencies, and download them only when there is a cache-miss
      - name: Get dependencies
        if: steps.go.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
        run: go mod tidy

      - name: Build
        run: cd backend && go build -v -o main-to-file main-to-file.go

      - run: cd backend && ./main-to-file -gh_token=${{secrets.TOKEN}}

      - name: Get current time
        uses: gerred/actions/current-time@master
        id: current-time

      - name: push to repo
        env:
          TIME: '${{ steps.current-time.outputs.time }}'
        run: |
          git pull
          git config user.name darensin01
          git config user.email darensin01@gmail.com
          git add backend/data.json
          git commit -m "$TIME: new data pushed"
          git push