main.yml

# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions

name: build codebook.pdf

# Controls when the action will run. Triggers the workflow on push or pull request
# events but only for the master branch
on:
  push:
    branches: [ master ]
    paths-ignore:
      - 'pdf/codebook.pdf'
      - 'README.md'
      - '.editorconfig'
  pull_request:
    branches: [ master ]

# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
jobs:
  build:
    name: build and commit
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: |
          sudo apt-get update
          sudo apt-get install -y cpp latexmk texlive-lang-chinese texlive-science texlive-xetex
      - name: Build PDF
        run: |
          cd pdf/ && latexmk --xelatex --shell-escape codebook.tex
      - uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
        with:
          commit_message: auto build codebook - ${{ github.sha }}

      # - name: Create Release
      #   id: create_release
      #   uses: actions/create-release@v1
      #   env:
      #     GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      #   with:
      #     tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
      #     release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
      #     draft: false
      #     prerelease: false

      # - name: Upload Release Asset
      #   id: upload-release-asset 
      #   uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
      #   env:
      #     GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      #   with:
      #     upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }} # This pulls from the CREATE RELEASE step above, referencing it's ID to get its outputs object, which include a `upload_url`. See this blog post for more info: https://jasonet.co/posts/new-features-of-github-actions/#passing-data-to-future-steps 
      #     asset_path: pdf/codebook.pdf
      #     asset_name: codebook.pdf
      #     asset_content_type: application/pdf