From 44395024726f188d8177212381abf4d263b67bcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Ditomaso <dan.ditomaso@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 May 2025 09:23:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: added github action workflow to release to stable

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 .../workflows/update-stable-from-master.yml   | 54 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/update-stable-from-master.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-stable-from-master.yml b/.github/workflows/update-stable-from-master.yml
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+name: Update Stable Branch from Master on Latest Release
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+# Only run if the published release is NOT a pre-release
+if: github.event.release.prerelease == false
+
+# Define permissions required for the job
+permissions:
+  contents: write # Needed to push to the stable branch
+
+jobs:
+  update-stable-branch:
+    name: Update Stable Branch from Master
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Configure Git
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+      - name: Fetch latest master and stable branches
+        run: |
+          git fetch origin master:master
+          git fetch origin stable:stable || echo "Stable branch not found remotely, will create."
+
+      - name: Get latest master commit SHA
+        id: get_master_sha
+        run: echo "MASTER_SHA=$(git rev-parse master)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Check out stable branch
+        run: |
+          if git show-ref --verify --quiet refs/heads/stable; then
+            git checkout stable
+            git pull origin stable # Sync with remote stable if it exists
+          else
+            echo "Creating local stable branch based on master HEAD."
+            git checkout -b stable ${{ env.MASTER_SHA }}
+          fi
+
+      - name: Reset stable branch to latest master
+        run: git reset --hard ${{ env.MASTER_SHA }}
+
+      - name: Force push stable branch
+        run: git push origin stable --force
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