From fbd5654a91a57060dbfd416f39ac9be37c566b32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jy95 <jacques.yakoub@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 13:17:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ci: auto-generate pdf file + release

Workflow I used in my thesis
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 .github/workflows/build-pdf.yml | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/build-pdf.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-pdf.yml b/.github/workflows/build-pdf.yml
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+name: Build LaTeX document
+# Trigger the workflow on push or pull request
+on: [push, pull_request]
+env:
+  FINAL_FILENAME: Yakoub_13861700_2020.pdf
+  MAIN_LATEX: thesis.tex
+  DATE_TIMEZONE: Europe/Brussels
+
+jobs:
+  build_latex:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up Git repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Extract filename from ${{ env.MAIN_LATEX }}
+        run: |
+          echo "::set-env name=MAIN_FILENAME::$(echo ${{ env.MAIN_LATEX }} | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//')"
+      - name: Compile LaTeX document
+        uses: xu-cheng/latex-action@v2
+        with:
+          root_file: ${{ env.MAIN_LATEX }}
+      - name: rename ${{ env.MAIN_FILENAME }}.pdf to ${{ env.FINAL_FILENAME }}
+        run: |
+          mv "${{ env.MAIN_FILENAME }}.pdf" "${{ env.FINAL_FILENAME }}"
+      - name: Upload result file
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.FINAL_FILENAME }}
+          path: ${{ env.FINAL_FILENAME }}
+  release_latex:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build_latex
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.FINAL_FILENAME }}
+# See : https://github.com/actions/download-artifact/issues/14
+      - name: Restore permissions
+        run: |
+          chmod -R 777 ${{ env.FINAL_FILENAME }}
+      - name: Set timezone for date
+        run: |
+          sudo timedatectl set-timezone ${{ env.DATE_TIMEZONE }}
+      - name: Get current date
+        run: echo "::set-env name=CURRENT_DATETIME::$(date +'%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S')"
+      - name: Generate version number
+        run: echo "::set-env name=CURRENT_VERSION::$(date +'%d%m%Y_%H-%M-%S')"
+      - name: Upload result file into releases
+        uses: Xotl/cool-github-releases@v1.1.2
+        with:
+          mode: update
+          tag_name: ${{ env.CURRENT_VERSION }}
+          release_name: PDF - ${{ env.CURRENT_DATETIME }}
+          replace_assets: true
+          assets: ${{ env.FINAL_FILENAME }}
+          initial_mrkdwn: Release auto-generated by Github Actions 🎉
+          github_token: ${{ github.token }}
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