new flow

.github/workflows/changelog.yml

@@ -1,61 +1,43 @@
-# Creating Pr with following name convention. Common types include feat (a new feature), fix (a bug fix), docs (documentation changes),
-# style (formatting, missing semi colons, etc.), refactor (code refactoring), test (adding missing tests), 
-# chore (changes to the build process or auxiliary tools and libraries such as documentation generation)
-# e.g: feat(ci): Add auto generate changelog workflow
-name: Changelog Update
+name: Auto Changelog Update
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
+  push:
     branches:
       - main
-    types: [closed]
-
-permissions: write-all
 
 jobs:
   update_changelog:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
+      - name: Checkout the repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.merge_commit_sha }}
+          fetch-depth: 0  # Ensure all history is fetched
 
-      - name: Set up Node.js
+      - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: "18"
-
-      - name: Install conventional-changelog-cli
-        run: npm install -g conventional-changelog-cli
-
-      - name: Configure Git
-        run: |
-          git config user.name 'github-actions'
-          git config user.email '[email protected]'
-
-      - name: Simulate commit for PR title
-        run: |
-          echo "${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}" > temp_message.txt
-          git commit --allow-empty -F temp_message.txt
-
-      - name: Generate changelog
-        run: |
-          conventional-changelog -p angular -i CHANGELOG.md -s -r 0
+          node-version: '18'
 
-      - name: Show git status and changelog contents
+      - name: Generate Changelog Update
         run: |
-          git status
-          echo "Changelog contents:"
-          cat CHANGELOG.md
+          # Example: Using conventional-changelog to update CHANGELOG.md
+          npm install -g conventional-changelog-cli
+          conventional-changelog -p angular -i CHANGELOG.md -s
 
-      - name: Revert temporary commit
-        run: git reset HEAD~
-
-      - name: Commit and push changelog update
+      - name: Create or Update Pull Request
+        id: cpr
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
+        with:
+          # not running ci to save resource on updating changelog
+          commit-message: "Update CHANGELOG.md [skip ci]"
+          title: "Automated Changelog Update [skip ci]"
+          body: "Update the CHANGELOG.md with recent commits. [skip ci]"
+          branch: auto-changelog-update-${{ github.run_number }}
+          delete-branch: true
+          branch-suffix: timestamp
+
+      - name: Check if PR needs to be updated
+        if: steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-operation == 'updated'
         run: |
-          git add CHANGELOG.md
-          git diff --staged --quiet || git commit -m "Update CHANGELOG.md based on PR #${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} title"
-          git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/main
+          echo "Changelog PR updated due to new commit to main."