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| # Keep Scheduled Workflows Alive | ||||||||
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| # Purpose: | ||||||||
| # GitHub automatically disables scheduled workflows after 60 days of repository inactivity. | ||||||||
| # This workflow prevents that by creating minimal activity when needed. | ||||||||
| # | ||||||||
| # How it works: | ||||||||
| # 1. Runs on the first day of every month | ||||||||
| # 2. Checks if the keep-alive PR exists | ||||||||
| # 3. If PR doesn't exist, creates it with a persistent branch | ||||||||
| # 4. Reopens the PR (if closed) and immediately closes it again | ||||||||
| # 5. This activity prevents workflow deactivation | ||||||||
| # | ||||||||
| # Manual trigger: | ||||||||
| # This workflow can also be triggered manually via workflow_dispatch if needed. | ||||||||
| name: Keep Scheduled Workflows Alive | ||||||||
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| on: | ||||||||
| schedule: | ||||||||
| - cron: "0 0 1 * *" | ||||||||
| workflow_dispatch: | ||||||||
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| permissions: | ||||||||
| contents: write | ||||||||
| pull-requests: write | ||||||||
| issues: read | ||||||||
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| jobs: | ||||||||
| keep-alive: | ||||||||
| name: Keep repository GitHub Actions active | ||||||||
| runs-on: ubuntu-latest | ||||||||
| timeout-minutes: 5 | ||||||||
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| steps: | ||||||||
| - name: Git checkout | ||||||||
| uses: actions/checkout@v6 | ||||||||
| with: | ||||||||
| persist-credentials: false | ||||||||
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| - name: Check for recent activity | ||||||||
| id: check_activity | ||||||||
| env: | ||||||||
| GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }} | ||||||||
| shell: bash | ||||||||
| run: | | ||||||||
| # Check if the repository has been active in the last 30 days | ||||||||
| # We check the default branch for recent commits | ||||||||
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| DEFAULT_BRANCH="${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}" | ||||||||
| if [ -z "$DEFAULT_BRANCH" ]; then | ||||||||
| DEFAULT_BRANCH="main" | ||||||||
| fi | ||||||||
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| echo "Checking activity on branch: $DEFAULT_BRANCH" | ||||||||
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| # Get the date of the last commit on the default branch | ||||||||
| last_commit_date=$(gh api "repos/${{ github.repository }}/commits/$DEFAULT_BRANCH" --jq '.commit.committer.date') | ||||||||
| echo "Last commit date: $last_commit_date" | ||||||||
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| # Calculate days since last commit | ||||||||
| last_commit_seconds=$(date -d "$last_commit_date" +%s) | ||||||||
| current_seconds=$(date +%s) | ||||||||
| days_diff=$(( (current_seconds - last_commit_seconds) / 86400 )) | ||||||||
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| echo "Days since last activity: $days_diff" | ||||||||
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| # Threshold: 30 days (Run monthly, so if no activity in last month, we should act) | ||||||||
| if [ "$days_diff" -lt 30 ]; then | ||||||||
| echo "Repository is active enough (less than 30 days since last commit). No keep-alive action needed." | ||||||||
| echo "run_keep_alive=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT | ||||||||
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| echo "Repository inactive for $days_diff days. Running keep-alive action." | ||||||||
| echo "run_keep_alive=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT | ||||||||
| fi | ||||||||
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| - name: Ensure keep-alive branch and PR exist | ||||||||
| if: steps.check_activity.outputs.run_keep_alive == 'true' | ||||||||
| env: | ||||||||
| GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }} | ||||||||
| COMMIT_MSG: | | ||||||||
| chore: keep scheduled workflows alive | ||||||||
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| This branch is used by the keep-alive workflow to maintain repository activity. | ||||||||
| GitHub disables scheduled workflows after 60 days of repository inactivity. | ||||||||
| PR_BODY: | | ||||||||
| This automated PR maintains repository activity to prevent scheduled workflows from being disabled. | ||||||||
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| GitHub automatically disables scheduled workflows after 60 days of repository inactivity. This PR is reopened and closed periodically by the keep-alive workflow to ensure continuous operation. | ||||||||
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| **Note:** This PR is managed by automation and will be reopened/closed automatically. Do not delete this PR or its branch. | ||||||||
| shell: bash | ||||||||
| run: | | ||||||||
| # Use a fixed branch name for persistence | ||||||||
| branch_name="keep-alive-workflow" | ||||||||
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| # Configure git | ||||||||
| git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]" | ||||||||
| git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com" | ||||||||
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| # Check if branch exists remotely | ||||||||
| if git ls-remote --heads origin "$branch_name" | grep -q "$branch_name"; then | ||||||||
| echo "Branch $branch_name already exists" | ||||||||
| git fetch origin "$branch_name" | ||||||||
| git checkout "$branch_name" | ||||||||
| git pull origin "$branch_name" | ||||||||
| else | ||||||||
| echo "Creating new branch $branch_name" | ||||||||
| git checkout -b "$branch_name" | ||||||||
| fi | ||||||||
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| # Create/Update commit to ensure activity | ||||||||
| git commit --allow-empty -m "$COMMIT_MSG" | ||||||||
| git push origin "$branch_name" | ||||||||
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| # Check if PR exists (open or closed) | ||||||||
| pr_number=$(gh pr list --head "$branch_name" --state all --json number --jq '.[0].number' 2>/dev/null || echo "") | ||||||||
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| if [ -z "$pr_number" ]; then | ||||||||
| echo "Creating new PR for keep-alive workflow" | ||||||||
| gh pr create \ | ||||||||
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| --head "$branch_name" \ | ||||||||
| --base ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }} \ | ||||||||
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| --title "chore: keep scheduled workflows alive" \ | ||||||||
| --body "$PR_BODY" | ||||||||
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| # Get the newly created PR number | ||||||||
| pr_number=$(gh pr list --head "$branch_name" --state all --json number --jq '.[0].number') | ||||||||
| echo "Created PR #$pr_number" | ||||||||
| else | ||||||||
| echo "PR #$pr_number already exists" | ||||||||
| fi | ||||||||
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| # Store PR number for next step | ||||||||
| echo "pr_number=$pr_number" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT | ||||||||
| id: setup | ||||||||
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| - name: Reopen and close PR to maintain activity | ||||||||
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| if: steps.check_activity.outputs.run_keep_alive == 'true' | ||||||||
| env: | ||||||||
| GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }} | ||||||||
| shell: bash | ||||||||
| run: | | ||||||||
| pr_number="${{ steps.setup.outputs.pr_number }}" | ||||||||
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| if [ -z "$pr_number" ]; then | ||||||||
| echo "Error: PR number not found" | ||||||||
| exit 1 | ||||||||
| fi | ||||||||
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| # Check PR state | ||||||||
| pr_state=$(gh pr view "$pr_number" --json state --jq '.state') | ||||||||
| echo "PR #$pr_number is currently: $pr_state" | ||||||||
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| # Reopen if closed | ||||||||
| if [ "$pr_state" = "CLOSED" ]; then | ||||||||
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There was a problem hiding this comment. I'm no bash expert, but this looks like an assignment to me. According to https://stackoverflow.com/a/4277753, the typical syntax uses double brackets: if [[ "$pr_state" == "CLOSED" ]] |
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| echo "Reopening PR #$pr_number" | ||||||||
| gh pr reopen "$pr_number" | ||||||||
| sleep 2 | ||||||||
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| fi | ||||||||
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| # Close the PR with a timestamp comment | ||||||||
| echo "Closing PR #$pr_number" | ||||||||
| gh pr close "$pr_number" --comment "Keep-alive activity: $(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC')" | ||||||||
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| echo "Keep-alive activity completed successfully" | ||||||||
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