Try uploading built content to Releases

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -5,21 +5,29 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
   schedule:
-    - cron: "0 12 * * 6"  # 4 AM CST every Saturday
+    - cron: "0 20 * * 5"  # 4 AM CST every Saturday
 
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-    - name: Prepare build
-      run:
-        git clone --branch=dist "https://${GITHUB_ACTOR}:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" dist
     - run: python3 build.py
-    - name: Push back to GitHub
-      run: |
-        cd dist
-        git add --all
-        git -c user.name=GitHub -c user.email=noreply@github.com commit \
-          -m "Auto build from GitHub Actions run ${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}"
-        git push
+    - name: Generate release info
+      id: release-info
+      run: python3 release-info.py
+      env:
+        TZ: Asia/Shanghai
+    - uses: actions/create-release@v1
+      id: create_release
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        tag_name: ${{ steps.release-info.outputs.tag_name }}
+        release_name: ${{ steps.release-info.outputs.release_name }}
+        body_path: ${{ steps.release-info.outputs.body_path }}
+    - uses: csexton/release-asset-action@v2
+      with:
+        github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        pattern: 'dist/*'
+        release-url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}

build.py

@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ def main():
         code = f.read()
     code = code.replace("@@TIME@@", now.isoformat()[:-7])
 
-    if not os.path.exists(OUT_DIR):
-        os.mkdir(OUT_DIR, mode=0o755)
+    os.makedirs(OUT_DIR, mode=0o755, exist_ok=True)
     for key in SOURCES:
         print(f"Generating PAC script from source {key}")
         try:

release-info.py

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import sys
+import time
+import os
+
+
+RELEASE_MARKDOWN_PATH = "release-info.md"
+
+
+def create_output(name, content, target=sys.stdout):
+    print(f"::set-output name={name}::{content}", file=target)
+
+
+def main():
+    # Credits: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1398742/5958455
+    # Depends on os.environ["TZ"]
+    time.tzset()
+    now = time.localtime(time.time())
+
+    create_output("tag_name", "release-{}".format(time.strftime("%Y%m%d", now)))
+    create_output("release_name", "Release {}".format(time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d", now)))
+    create_output("body_path", RELEASE_MARKDOWN_PATH)
+
+    # Produce the markdown
+    with open(RELEASE_MARKDOWN_PATH, "w") as f:
+        body = "This is an automatic release created from GitHub Actions run {} on {} ({})".format(
+            os.environ.get("GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER", "<unknown>"),
+            time.strftime("%B %-d, %Y", now),
+            os.environ.get("TZ", "UTC"),
+        )
+        print(body, file=f)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()