guarantee-release-notes.yml

name: Guarantee release notes are provided

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  push:
    branches: [ main, dev, dajusto/validate-release-notes-are-provided ]
    paths:
      - '*'
  pull_request:
    branches: [ main, dev, dajusto/validate-release-notes-are-provided ]
    paths:
      - '.github/workflows/guarantee-release-notes.yml'
  pull_request:
    branches: [ main, dev, dajusto/validate-release-notes-are-provided ]
    types: [labeled, unlabeled]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'does-not-need-release-note') }}
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2

    - name: Check for release_notes.md changes
      id: check_changes
      run: |
        echo "Checking for changes in release_notes.md..."
        if git diff --name-only ${{ github.event.before }} ${{ github.sha }} | grep -q 'release_notes.md'; then
          echo "release_notes.md was modified. "
          echo "MODIFIED=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
        else
          echo "release_notes.md was NOT modified."
          echo "MODIFIED=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
        fi
    - name: Fail if release_notes.md was not modified
      if: env.MODIFIED == 'false'
      run: |
        echo {{github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name.*.name}}
        echo "Error: release_notes.md must be updated in this PR."
        exit 1