update-repo-ticker.yml

name: Update Repo Ticker Data

on:
  schedule:
    # Run every 3 hours (rotates the sampled repos several times a day)
    - cron: '0 */3 * * *'
  workflow_dispatch: # Allow manual trigger for testing

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  update-ticker:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write # commits the refreshed ticker data + SVGs back to the repo
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v7

      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
        with:
          python-version: '3.12'

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: |
          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
          pip install requests

      - name: Backup previous day's data
        run: |
          if [ -f data/repo-ticker.csv ]; then
            cp data/repo-ticker.csv data/repo-ticker-previous.csv
            echo "✓ Backed up previous data"
          else
            echo "⚠ No previous data to backup (first run)"
          fi

      - name: Fetch GitHub repo data
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          python ticker/fetch_repo_ticker_data.py

      - name: Generate ticker SVGs
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          python ticker/generate_ticker_svg.py

      - name: Commit and push if changed
        run: |
          git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
          git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
          git add data/repo-ticker.csv data/repo-ticker-previous.csv assets/repo-ticker.svg
          git diff --quiet && git diff --staged --quiet || (git commit -m "chore: update repo ticker data and SVGs [skip ci]" && git push)