Add workflow for Update Gradle Wrapper Action. #63
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This action keeps Gradle Wrapper up-to-date to the latest release. It will run every day at midnight (UTC) and create a pull request if a new Gradle version is available. The updated Wrapper script is validated (with checksum verification) during the update process, and the Wrapper is setup so that it will validate the Gradle binary itself on first run of the new version.
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Hey there 👋, first of all thanks for your work on HamKrest!
I've got a suggested change: would you be willing to use this GitHub Action to automatically keep Gradle Wrapper updated to latest release?
What does "Update Gradle Wrapper Action" do? It can be configured to run at scheduled intervals (e.g. daily or weekly) and will check whether the Wrapper script in the repo is up-to-date to the latest Gradle release: in case a new Gradle version is available, it will create a PR to update the Wrapper. And that's it!
Why is that a good thing? Well, first of all it alleviates the chore of manually updating the Wrapper, as you got a task that keeps track of new Gradle releases for you! More importantly, it boosts security around the Wrapper update and usage processes: this actions verifies that the
gradle-wrapper.jarfile has not been tampered with (uses checksum comparison), and it sets thedistributionSha256Sumproperty so that the new Gradle binary itself will be verified locally upon download.Where can I find more about? The README contains quite detailed information!
In this PR I propose adding a new workflow which runs the action every day at midnight (but feel free to adjust the frequency as you prefer). I've verified it works correctly in my fork of the repo: as your Wrapper is already up-to-date in this moment, you can see here that the action detects no changes are needed. However, you can see an example of an automated PR in other projects using the action.
The action is under active development, you can have a look at the list of inputs currently supported. There's new features coming up soon and if you'd like to request any particular change just let me know!
I'd love to see the action used by HamKrest and I genuinely hope you can find this useful. Would love your feedback! ❤️