render.yml

on:
  push:
    paths:
      - '**.Rmd'
      - '.github/workflows/*'
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule:
    # daily in the morning for America/New_York (hours in UTC)
    - cron: '0 12 * * *'
  repository_dispatch:
    # for use with peter-evans/repository_dispatch@v1
    types: ['status-update']

name: Render Status

jobs:
  render:
    name: Render Status
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 2 # This is important to set for `git diff-tree` to work below

      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2

      - name: Render Status Page
        run: Rscript .github/render.R

      - name: Config git
        run: |
          git config --local user.email "actions@github.com"
          git config --local user.name "GitHub Actions"

      - name: Commit status update
        if: github.event_name != 'repository_dispatch'
        run: |
          git commit --all -m "[status] $(date +'%F %T %Z')" || echo "No changes to commit"
          git push origin || echo "No changes to commit"

      - name: Commit dispatched status update
        if: github.event_name == 'repository_dispatch'
        run: |
          git commit --all -m "[status] ${{ github.event.client_payload.repo }}$(date +'%F %T %Z')" || echo "No changes to commit"
          git push origin || echo "No changes to commit"