Update generate-pdfs.yml

Author: Bleidhu

.github/workflows/generate-pdfs.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Generate PDFs
+name: Generate PDFs and Attach to Release
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch: # Allows the workflow to be triggered manually
@@ -27,22 +27,31 @@ jobs:
             pandoc "$file" -o "pdf_output/$base_name.pdf"
           done
 
-      # Optional: Upload PDFs as artifacts
-      - name: Upload PDFs as artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      # 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:
-          name: generated-pdfs
-          path: pdf_output/
+          tag_name: ${{ env.tag_name }}
+          release_name: "Generated PDFs Release - ${{ env.tag_name }}"
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      # Optional: Commit PDFs back to the repository
-      - name: Commit and push PDFs
+      # Step 6: Upload each PDF to the release
+      - name: Upload PDFs to Release
         run: |
-          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          mkdir -p docs/pdf_output
-          mv pdf_output/* docs/pdf_output/
-          git add docs/pdf_output
-          git commit -m "Add generated PDFs"
-          git push
+          for pdf in pdf_output/*.pdf; do
+            echo "Uploading $pdf"
+            gh release upload ${{ env.tag_name }} "$pdf"
+          done
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}