Scheduled build triggerer #112

	# Due to a limitation of Github Actions where the `schedule` trigger
	# only applies to the default branch, we need a way of triggering the
	# jobs on the other branches.
	# To do this we use a WORKFLOW_TOKEN which is a PAT for the bot account with workflow_dispatch permissions.
	# Therefore, this workflow triggers on main, and dispatches to other branches.
	# https://docs.github.com/en/actions/writing-workflows/choosing-when-your-workflow-runs/events-that-trigger-workflows#schedule
	name: Scheduled build triggerer

	on:
	# Allow manual runs through the web UI
	workflow_dispatch:
	schedule:
	# ┌───────── minute (0 - 59)
	# │ ┌───────── hour (0 - 23)
	# │ │ ┌───────── day of the month (1 - 31)
	# │ │ │ ┌───────── month (1 - 12 or JAN-DEC)
	# │ │ │ │ ┌───────── day of the week (0 - 6 or SUN-SAT)
	- cron: '0 7 * * 1,3,5' # Every Mon,Wed,Fri at 07:00 UTC

	jobs:
	dispatch_release_branches:
	if: github.repository == 'sunpy/sunpy'
	runs-on: ubuntu-latest
	strategy:
	fail-fast: false
	matrix:
	include:
	# We do not include main here as the workflows on main are
	# triggered by the workflow_run trigger, therefore we only
	# need to list any non-main branches here.
	- branch: "7.0"
	steps:
	- run: gh workflow run ci.yml --repo sunpy/sunpy --ref ${{ matrix.branch }}
	- run: gh workflow run cron.yml --repo sunpy/sunpy --ref ${{ matrix.branch }}
	env:
	GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.WORKFLOW_TOKEN }}

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