build-nightly.yml

name: Build LaTeX document

# Controls when the workflow will run
on:
  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the master branch
  push:
    branches: [ master ]

jobs:
  build_latex:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Generate release tag
        id: tag
        run: |
          echo "::set-output name=release_tag::AutoBuild_$(date +"%Y.%m.%d_%H-%M")"

      - name: Set up Git repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: pdflatex main
        uses: dante-ev/latex-action@latest
        with:
          root_file: main.tex
          compiler: pdflatex
          args: -interaction=nonstopmode -shell-escape

      - name: pdflatex main
        uses: dante-ev/latex-action@latest
        with:
          root_file: main.tex
          compiler: pdflatex
          args: -interaction=nonstopmode -shell-escape

      - name: Release
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
        with:
          tag_name: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.release_tag }}
          files: main.pdf

      - name: Remove old nightlies
        uses: dev-drprasad/delete-older-releases@v0.2.0
        with:
          keep_latest: 1
          delete_tag_pattern: AutoBuild
          delete_tags: true
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}