generate-pdfs.yml

name: Generate PDFs and Attach to Release

on:
  workflow_dispatch: # Allows the workflow to be triggered manually

jobs:
  generate-pdfs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      # Step 1: Checkout the code
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      # Step 2: Set up the environment (install tools)
      - name: Set up Pandoc (for Markdown to PDF)
        run: |
          sudo apt-get update
          sudo apt-get install -y pandoc texlive-xetex

      # Step 3: Generate PDFs from files in /docs
      - name: Generate PDFs
        run: |
          mkdir -p pdf_output
          for file in $(find ./docs -name "*.md"); do
            base_name=$(basename "$file" .md)
            pandoc "$file" -o "pdf_output/$base_name.pdf"
          done

      # Step 4: Generate a dynamic tag
      - name: Generate Tag
        id: tag
        run: |
          TAG_NAME="v$(date +'%Y%m%d')-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
          echo "tag_name=$TAG_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV

      # Step 5: Create a release with the dynamic tag
      - name: Create Release
        id: create_release
        uses: actions/create-release@v1
        with:
          tag_name: ${{ env.tag_name }}
          release_name: "Generated PDFs Release - ${{ env.tag_name }}"
          draft: false
          prerelease: false
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      # Step 6: Upload each PDF to the release
      - name: Upload PDFs to Release
        run: |
          for pdf in pdf_output/*.pdf; do
            echo "Uploading $pdf"
            gh release upload ${{ env.tag_name }} "$pdf"
          done
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}