1-initialize-javascript-project.yml

name: Step 1, Initialize JavaScript Project

# This step listens for the learner pushing a commit to `main`.
# This workflow updates from step 1 to step 2.

# This will run every time we push a commit to `main`.
# Reference: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/events-that-trigger-workflows

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

permissions:
  # Need `contents: read` to checkout the repository.
  # Need `contents: write` to update the step metadata.
  contents: write

jobs:
  # Get the current step to only run the main job when the learner is on the same step.
  get_current_step:
    name: Check current step number
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - id: get_step
        run: |
          echo "current_step=$(cat ./.github/steps/-step.txt)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
    outputs:
      current_step: ${{ steps.get_step.outputs.current_step }}

  on_commit_contains_required_dependendencies:
    name: Check if main branch has the required action dependencies
    needs: get_current_step

    # We will only run this action when:
    # 1. This repository isn't the template repository.
    # 2. The step is currently 1.
    # Reference: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/contexts
    # Reference: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/expressions
    if: >-
      ${{ !github.event.repository.is_template
          && needs.get_current_step.outputs.current_step == 1 }}

    # We'll run Ubuntu for performance instead of Mac or Windows.
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0 # Let's get all the branches.

      - name: Dump GitHub comment context
        id: github_comment_step
        env:
          COMMENT_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(github.event) }}
        run: echo "$COMMENT_CONTEXT"

      # Check if NPM package.json exists in the expected location.
      - name: Check file existence
        id: check_files
        uses: andstor/file-existence-action@v3
        with:
          files: ".github/actions/joke-action/package.json"

      # Update README from step 1 to step 2.
      - name: Update to step 2
        if: steps.check_files.outputs.files_exists == 'true'
        uses: skills/action-update-step@v2
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          from_step: 1
          to_step: 2