update_translations.yaml

This is a GitHub Workflow added to a target project to enable updating translations in production

name: Update Translations

on:
  repository_dispatch:
    types: [update-translations]

jobs:
  update-translations:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      # ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
      # 1) Get requester information from token and verify collaborator status
      # ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
      - name: Get requester information and verify collaborator status
        id: get-user
        env:
          GITHUB_API: https://api.github.com
          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
          USERNAME: "${{ github.event.client_payload.username }}"
        run: |          
          # Check if we got a valid username
          if [ -z "$USERNAME" ]; then
            echo "❌ No username provided in client payload - aborting."
            exit 1
          fi
          
          echo "Username: $USERNAME"
          echo "username=$USERNAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "name=$USERNAME"       >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          
          # Verify if user is a collaborator
          status=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
            -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
            $GITHUB_API/repos/$REPO/collaborators/$USERNAME)

          if [ "$status" -eq 404 ]; then
            echo "✋ $USERNAME is not a collaborator — aborting."
            exit 1
          fi
          
          echo "✅ $USERNAME is a collaborator - proceeding."

      # ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
      # 2) Checkout the main branch
      # ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
      - name: Checkout main branch
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          ref: main

      # ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
      # 3) Apply your JSON update (via here-document)
      # ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
      - name: Update JSON file
        env:
          FILE_PATH: ${{ github.event.client_payload.file_path }}
          CONTENT: ${{ github.event.client_payload.content }}
        run: |
          # Create directory if it doesn't exist
          mkdir -p "$(dirname "$FILE_PATH")"
          
          # Write the JSON content via here-doc so we never have to escape quotes/apostrophes/etc.
          cat <<EOF > "$FILE_PATH"
          $CONTENT
          EOF

          # Verify the file was created successfully
          if [ -f "$FILE_PATH" ]; then
            echo "✅ JSON file created/updated successfully"
            cat "$FILE_PATH"
          else
            echo "❌ Failed to create/update JSON file" >&2
            exit 1
          fi

      # ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
      # 4) Commit & push the translation changes directly to main
      # ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
      - name: Commit & push changes
        env:
          FILE_PATH: ${{ github.event.client_payload.file_path }}
        run: |
          # Configure author for this repository (no --global)
          git config user.name  "${{ steps.get-user.outputs.name }}"
          git config user.email "${{ steps.get-user.outputs.username }}@users.noreply.github.com"
      
          # Stage file
          git add "$FILE_PATH"
      
          # Commit only if there are changes
          if git diff --staged --quiet; then
            echo "No changes to commit"
          else
            git commit -m "${{ github.event.client_payload.commit_message }}"
            # Push to main
            git push origin HEAD:main
            echo "✅ Successfully updated translations and pushed to main"
          fi