Simplify GitHub Actions workflow to use GitHub CLI for releases #11
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| name: Book Build for Amazon KDP | |
| on: | |
| workflow_dispatch: # Manual triggering | |
| push: | |
| branches: [ main ] # Automatic triggering on push to main branch | |
| # Set permissions for the workflow | |
| permissions: | |
| contents: write # Needed for creating releases | |
| jobs: | |
| # Job 1: Set up the environment and build the book files | |
| build-book: | |
| name: Build Book PDF | |
| runs-on: ubuntu-latest | |
| outputs: | |
| pdf_path: ${{ steps.build-pdf.outputs.pdf_path }} | |
| build_success: ${{ steps.build-pdf.outputs.build_success }} | |
| steps: | |
| - name: Checkout repository | |
| uses: actions/checkout@v4 | |
| - name: Set up environment | |
| run: | | |
| sudo apt-get update | |
| sudo apt-get install -y asciidoctor | |
| sudo gem install asciidoctor-pdf | |
| asciidoctor --version | |
| - name: Build PDF | |
| id: build-pdf | |
| run: | | |
| echo "Starting PDF build..." | |
| if asciidoctor-pdf Book.asciidoc -o book.pdf; then | |
| echo "PDF build succeeded" | |
| echo "build_success=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT | |
| echo "pdf_path=book.pdf" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT | |
| else | |
| echo "PDF build failed" | |
| echo "build_success=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT | |
| echo "pdf_path=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT | |
| fi | |
| # Verify the build results | |
| if [ -f "book.pdf" ]; then | |
| echo "PDF file exists and has size:" | |
| ls -la book.pdf | |
| else | |
| echo "PDF file was not created successfully" | |
| fi | |
| # Upload artifacts between jobs | |
| - name: Save book artifacts | |
| if: steps.build-pdf.outputs.build_success == 'true' | |
| uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3 | |
| with: | |
| name: book-artifacts | |
| path: book.pdf | |
| retention-days: 1 | |
| # Job 2: Create the GitHub release with the built files | |
| create-release: | |
| name: Create GitHub Release | |
| needs: build-book | |
| runs-on: ubuntu-latest | |
| steps: | |
| # Need to checkout again since this is a separate job | |
| - name: Checkout repository | |
| uses: actions/checkout@v4 | |
| # Rebuild the PDF for the release | |
| # Note: We're just rebuilding since it's faster than setting up artifact transfer | |
| - name: Build PDF for release | |
| if: needs.build-book.outputs.build_success == 'true' | |
| run: | | |
| echo "Building PDF for release..." | |
| # Install dependencies | |
| sudo apt-get update -q | |
| sudo apt-get install -y asciidoctor > /dev/null | |
| sudo gem install asciidoctor-pdf > /dev/null | |
| # Build the PDF | |
| asciidoctor-pdf Book.asciidoc -o book.pdf | |
| # Verify the build | |
| if [ -f "book.pdf" ]; then | |
| echo "PDF file exists: $(du -h book.pdf)" | |
| else | |
| echo "ERROR: PDF file was not created successfully" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| # Generate a release ID and tag | |
| - name: Generate release ID | |
| id: release_id | |
| run: | | |
| RELEASE_ID="v0.$(date +%Y%m%d.%H%M%S)" | |
| echo "release_id=${RELEASE_ID}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT | |
| echo "Created release ID: ${RELEASE_ID}" | |
| echo "PDF exists: $(ls -la book.pdf)" | |
| # Create GitHub release and upload PDF using GitHub CLI (simpler approach) | |
| - name: Create GitHub Release with CLI | |
| if: needs.build-book.outputs.build_success == 'true' | |
| env: | |
| GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | |
| run: | | |
| # Create the release | |
| echo "Creating release ${{ steps.release_id.outputs.release_id }}..." | |
| gh release create ${{ steps.release_id.outputs.release_id }} \ | |
| --title "T-Minus-15 Book for KDP" \ | |
| --notes "Book compiled for Amazon KDP Publishing on $(date +'%Y-%m-%d')" \ | |
| --prerelease \ | |
| book.pdf | |
| echo "Release created successfully with PDF attached" | |
| gh release view ${{ steps.release_id.outputs.release_id }} |