Create newsletter scaffold

Author: janhohenheim

Diff for: .github/newsletter-template.md renamed to .github/newsletter-issue-template.md

@@ -1,31 +1,43 @@
-name: Create Newsletter Tracking Issue
+name: Create Newsletter
 on:
   schedule:
     # Run on the 5th of every month at 12pm
     - cron: "0 12 5 * *"
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs: {}
 permissions:
-  contents: read
+  contents: write
   issues: write 
 jobs:
   create-newsletter:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Set newsletter month
-        run: echo "NEWSLETTER_MONTH=$(date +'%B')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Set newsletter year
-        run: echo "NEWSLETTER_YEAR=$(date +'%Y')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Set newsletter deadline
-        run: echo "NEWSLETTER_DEADLINE=$(date -d' 1 month ' '+%m.%Y')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Set newsletter counter
-      # take the amount of months since feb 2024 and add 50
-        run: echo "NEWSLETTER_COUNTER=$(( ( ( $(date +'%Y') - 2024 ) * 12 + $(date +'%m') - 2 ) + 50 ))" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Set environment variables
+        run: |
+          echo "NEWSLETTER_MONTH=$(date +'%B')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "NEWSLETTER_YEAR=$(date +'%Y')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "NEWSLETTER_DEADLINE=$(date -d' 1 month ' '+%m.%Y')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          # take the amount of months since feb 2024 and add 50
+          echo "NEWSLETTER_COUNTER=$(( ( ( $(date +'%Y') - 2024 ) * 12 + $(date +'%m') - 2 ) + 50 ))" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Create newsletter scaffold
+        run: |
+          cp newsletter-template.md index.md
+          sed -i "s/{{\s*NEWSLETTER_MONTH\s*}}/${{ env.NEWSLETTER_MONTH }}/g" index.md
+          sed -i "s/{{\s*NEWSLETTER_YEAR\s*}}/${{ env.NEWSLETTER_YEAR }}/g" index.md
+          sed -i "s/{{\s*NEWSLETTER_DEADLINE\s*}}/${{ env.NEWSLETTER_DEADLINE }}/g" index.md
+          sed -i "s/{{\s*NEWSLETTER_COUNTER\s*}}/${{ env.NEWSLETTER_COUNTER }}/g" index.md
+          # Create a dir in content/news with the counter with 3 digits as name
+          mkdir -p content/news/$(printf "%03d" ${{ env.NEWSLETTER_COUNTER }})
+          mv index.md content/news/$(printf "%03d" ${{ env.NEWSLETTER_COUNTER }})
+      - name: Commit and push changes
+        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
+        with:
+          message: "Create newsletter N${{ env.NEWSLETTER_COUNTER }} for ${{ env.NEWSLETTER_MONTH }} ${{ env.NEWSLETTER_YEAR }}"
       - name: Create tracking issue
         uses: JasonEtco/create-an-issue@v2
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
-          filename: .github/newsletter-template.md
+          filename: .github/newsletter-issue-template.md
 

Diff for: .github/workflows/create-newsletter.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 +++
-title = "This Month in Rust GameDev #{TODO} - {TODO} {TODO}"
+title = "This Month in Rust GameDev #{{ NEWSLETTER_COUNTER }} - {{ NEWSLETTER_MONTH }} {{ NEWSLETTER_YEAR }}"
 transparent = true
 date = TODO
 draft = true
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ draft = true
 
 <!-- Check the post with markdownlint-->
 
-Welcome to the {TODO}th issue of the Rust GameDev Workgroup's
+Welcome to the {{ NEWSLETTER_COUNTER }}th issue of the Rust GameDev Workgroup's
 monthly newsletter.
 [Rust] is a systems language pursuing the trifecta:
 safety, concurrency, and speed.