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Update Submodules

Update Submodules #45

name: Update Submodules
on:
schedule:
# Run at 2:00 AM UTC every day
- cron: '0 2 * * *'
workflow_dispatch: # Allow manual trigger
jobs:
update-submodules:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
permissions:
contents: write
steps:
- name: Checkout repository
uses: actions/checkout@v3
with:
# Fetch all history for all branches and tags
fetch-depth: 0
# Get submodules
submodules: 'recursive'
- name: Set up Git
run: |
git config --global user.name 'Read the Docs Bot'
git config --global user.email '[email protected]'
- name: Get default branch
id: default_branch
run: |
DEFAULT_BRANCH=$(git remote show origin | grep 'HEAD branch' | cut -d' ' -f5)
echo "name=$DEFAULT_BRANCH" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
- name: Checkout default branch
run: |
git checkout ${{ steps.default_branch.outputs.name }}
- name: Update submodules
run: |
git submodule update --remote --recursive
- name: Check if submodules changed
id: check_changes
run: |
git add -A
# Check if the index differs from HEAD
# git diff --cached --quiet exits 0 if no diff, 1 if diff
if ! git diff --cached --quiet; then
echo "Changes detected in submodule references."
echo "changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
else
echo "No changes detected in submodule references."
echo "changes=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
# If no changes, reset the index in case unrelated changes were staged
git reset HEAD --quiet
fi
- name: Commit and push changes
if: steps.check_changes.outputs.changes == 'true'
run: |
git commit -m "Auto-update submodules"
git push origin ${{ steps.default_branch.outputs.name }}