monthly-version-tag.yml

# Automated Monthly Release Versioning Workflow
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# Purpose:
# - Automatically create consistent monthly version tags
# - Implement a calendar-based versioning strategy
# - Facilitate easy tracking of monthly releases

# Versioning Strategy:
# - Tag format: YYYY.MM.0 (e.g., 2024.01.0 for January 2024)
# - First digit: Full year
# - Second digit: Month (01-12)
# - Third digit: Patch version (starts at 0, allows for potential updates)

# Key Features:
# - Runs automatically on the first day of each month at 3:30 AM UTC
# - Can be manually triggered via workflow_dispatch
# - Uses GitHub Actions to generate tags programmatically
# - Provides a predictable and systematic versioning approach

# Prerequisites:
# - Repository configured with GitHub Actions
# - Permissions to create tags
# - Access to actions/checkout and tag creation actions

# Workflow Triggers:
# - Scheduled monthly run
# - Manual workflow dispatch
# - Callable from other workflows

# Actions Used:
# 1. actions/checkout@v4 - Checks out repository code
# 2. josStorer/get-current-time - Retrieves current timestamp
# 3. rickstaa/action-create-tag - Creates Git tags

# Example Generated Tags:
# - 2024.01.0 (January 2024 initial release)
# - 2024.02.0 (February 2024 initial release)
# - 2024.02.1 (Potential patch for February 2024)

# https://github.com/openMF/mifos-mobile-github-actions/blob/main/.github/workflows/monthly-version-tag.yaml

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name: Tag Monthly Release

on:
  # Allow manual triggering of the workflow
  workflow_dispatch:
  # Schedule the workflow to run monthly
  schedule:
    # Runs at 03:30 UTC on the first day of every month
    # Cron syntax: minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week
    - cron: '30 3 1 * *'

concurrency:
  group: "monthly-release"
  cancel-in-progress: false

jobs:
  monthly_release:
    name: Tag Monthly Release
    uses: openMF/mifos-mobile-github-actions/.github/workflows/monthly-version-tag.yaml@main
    secrets: inherit