update_readme_markdown.yml

name: Update README with Latest Release

on:
  release:
    types: [published]
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  update-readme:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Checkout the repo
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
      
    - name: Fetch the latest release
      id: get-latest-release
      uses: actions/github-script@v5
      with:
        script: |
          const response = await github.rest.repos.getLatestRelease({
            owner: 'Kinds-of-Intelligence-CFI',
            repo: 'animal-ai',
          });
          core.setOutput('latest_tag', response.data.tag_name); # Set output

    - name: Update README.md file
      run: |
        LATEST_RELEASE_TAG=${{ steps.get-latest-release.outputs.latest_tag }}
        LATEST_RELEASE_URL="https://github.com/Kinds-of-Intelligence-CFI/animal-ai/releases/tag/$LATEST_RELEASE_TAG"
        MD_FILE_PATH="./README.md"
        sed -i "s|\[latest release\].*|\[latest release\]($LATEST_RELEASE_URL)|" $MD_FILE_PATH

    # Configure Git
    - name: Configure git
      run: |
        git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
        git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
        
    # Commit changes
    - name: Commit files
      run: |
        git add $MD_FILE_PATH
        git commit -m "Update README.md with the latest release link - $LATEST_RELEASE_TAG" || echo "No changes to commit"
        
    # Push to a new branch
    - name: Push changes
      run: |
        git branch -m update-readme-$LATEST_RELEASE_TAG
        git push -u origin HEAD

    - name: Create Pull Request
      uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
      with:
        title: "Update README with the latest release link - ${{ steps.get-latest-release.outputs.latest_tag }}"
        body: "Automatically generated by GitHub Actions."
        branch: "update-readme-${{ steps.get-latest-release.outputs.latest_tag }}"
        delete-branch: true
        token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}