Add crontab support for pre-release.yml

.github/workflows/pre-release.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 name: Pre Release
 
 on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - nightly   # Just for test purpose only with the nightly repo
   # This schedule will run only from the default branch
   schedule:
     - cron: '30 1 * * *' # run at 00:15 AM UTC
@@ -39,6 +42,21 @@ jobs:
       - name: Pre Release
         shell: nu {0}
         run: |
+          const MAX_COUNT = 12
+          const RELEASE_INTERVAL = 28
+          const DATE_FORMAT = '%Y/%m/%d'
+          const START_DATE = '2024/10/15'
+          let releaseDays =  1..$MAX_COUNT | each {|it| ($START_DATE | into datetime) + ($'($RELEASE_INTERVAL * $it)day' | into duration) | format date $DATE_FORMAT }
+          print $'Checking for the following release day:(char nl)'
+          $env.config.table.mode = 'psql'
+          $releaseDays | print
+          let force = '${{ github.event.inputs.force }}' == 'true'
+          # Do a pre release The day before offical release date
+          let shouldRelease = ((date now) + 1day | format date $DATE_FORMAT) in $releaseDays
+          if $force != true and (not $shouldRelease) {
+            print 'No need to pre release. Bye...'; exit 0
+          }
+          if $force { print 'Force run is enabled. Doing a pre release now ...' }
           cd $env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE
           git checkout main
           # We can't push if no user name and email are configured
@@ -51,8 +69,9 @@ jobs:
           git reset --hard src/main
           git push origin main -f
           let version = open Cargo.toml | get package.version
-          let tag_name = $'($version)-pre'
-          if (git ls-remote --tags origin $tag_name | is-empty) {
-            git tag -a $tag_name -m $'Pre release from Nushell main branch'
-            git push origin --tags
-          }
+          let tag = $'($version)-pre'
+          if $tag in (git tag | lines) { git tag -d $tag }
+          git tag -a $tag -m $'Pre release from Nushell main branch'
+          git push origin $tag --force
+          print $'The tag (ansi p)($tag)(ansi reset) has been created and the release workflow has been triggered.'
+          print $'Please check it at https://github.com/nushell/nightly/actions/workflows/release.yml'