sync-release.yml

name: Sync Release with Main

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  update-release-branch:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Set up Git
        run: |
          git config user.name "GitHub Action"
          git config user.email "action@github.com"

      - name: Fetch all branches
        run: git fetch --all

      - name: Check for differences between main and release
        id: diff-check
        run: |
          git checkout release
          git fetch origin main
          if git diff --quiet origin/main; then
            echo "No differences, safe to proceed."
            echo "diff_found=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          else
            echo "::error::Differences found between release and main!"
            echo "diff_found=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          fi

      - name: Reset release branch to main
        if: steps.diff-check.outputs.diff_found == 'false'
        run: |
          git reset --hard origin/main

      - name: Force push release branch
        if: steps.diff-check.outputs.diff_found == 'false'
        run: git push origin release --force

      - name: Notify via GitHub Issue if differences found
        if: steps.diff-check.outputs.diff_found == 'true'
        uses: actions/github-script@v6
        with:
          github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
          script: |
            github.rest.issues.create({
              owner: context.repo.owner,
              repo: context.repo.repo,
              title: 'Sync Failure: Differences found between main and release',
              body: 'There are differences between `main` and `release` branches that prevented synchronization. Please review the branches and resolve manually.'
            });