sp-dev-fx-webparts/.github/workflows/merge-sample-json.yml

name: Merge Sample JSON

on:
  push:
    branches:
      # When someone push to `main` branch
      - main
    paths:
      - 'samples/**/assets/sample.json'

jobs:
  build:
    name: 'Merge all sample.json files to samples.json'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout main branch
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          ref: main
          path: main
      - name: Checkout gh-pages branch
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          ref: gh-pages
          path: gh-pages
      - name: Join samples  
        run: |
          jq -s '[.[][]]' ./main/samples/**/assets/sample.json > ./main/samples.json
      - name: Validate JSON
        uses: docker://orrosenblatt/validate-json-action:latest
        env:
          INPUT_SCHEMA: ./main/metadata-schema.json
          INPUT_JSONS: ./main/samples.json
      - name: copy file
        uses: canastro/copy-file-action@master
        with:
          source: "./main/samples.json"
          target: "./gh-pages/samples.json"     
      - name: Commit updated samples.json
        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v6
        with:
          message: 'Updated samples.json'
          add: 'samples.json --force'
          cwd: './main' 
          token: ${{ secrets.TOKEN }} 
      - name: Commit samples.json to gh-pages
        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v6
        with:
          cwd: ./gh-pages
          branch: gh-pages
          add: 'samples.json --force'
          push: true
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}