Add weekly GitHub Actions workflow to auto-update submodules via gh-powered PR by Copilot · Pull Request #6 · enactic/dora-openarm-data-collection

Copilot · 2026-05-14T07:37:17Z

This adds automation for submodule maintenance so updates no longer require manual sync. A scheduled workflow now updates submodule refs and raises a pull request only when changes exist.

New workflow: weekly submodule update
- Added .github/workflows/update-submodules.yaml
- Triggers:
  - schedule (weekly, Monday 00:00 UTC)
Submodule refresh logic
- Syncs submodule config and advances all submodules to latest remote commits recursively.
- Detects changes against HEAD and commits only when updates exist.
Automated PR creation
- Uses gh CLI (with GH_TOKEN) instead of peter-evans/create-pull-request.
- Pushes updates to dedicated branch ci/update-submodules.
- Resolves the repository default branch dynamically and creates or updates a matching open PR.
- Includes error handling for PR lookup edge cases (including multiple matching open PRs).
- Runs the PR creation/update step explicitly with shell: bash.

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 0 * * 1'

steps:
  - uses: actions/checkout@v6
    with:
      submodules: recursive
  - run: |
      git submodule sync --recursive
      git submodule update --init --recursive --remote
  - run: |
      git checkout -B ci/update-submodules
      git commit -m "ci: update submodules"
      git push --force origin ci/update-submodules
  - shell: bash
    run: |
      gh pr list ...
      gh pr edit ... || gh pr create ...

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kou · 2026-05-14T07:55:30Z

+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        with:
+          commit-message: "ci: update submodules"
+          title: "ci: update submodules"
+          body: |
+            ## Summary
+            - update git submodules to their latest upstream commits
+
+            This pull request was generated automatically.
+          branch: ci/update-submodules
+          delete-branch: true


@copilot Use gh instead of peter-evans/create-pull-request GitHub Action.

Updated in 36ff4e3: the workflow now uses gh to create/update the submodule PR (removed peter-evans/create-pull-request).

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Pull request overview

Adds a GitHub Actions workflow to automate weekly/manual submodule refreshes and open or update a PR with the resulting submodule pointer changes.

Changes:

Adds scheduled and manual workflow triggers for submodule updates.
Updates submodules recursively and commits changes to ci/update-submodules.
Uses gh CLI to create or update the corresponding PR.

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+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:


+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |


+jobs:
+  update-submodules:
+    name: Update submodules
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10


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+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * 1'


+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail


kou · 2026-05-14T11:59:23Z

@copilot Use shell: bash instead.

Updated in cb9c01d: added shell: bash to the Create or update pull request step.

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+        if: steps.commit.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}


+          fi
+
+          pr_list=""
+          if ! pr_list="$(gh pr list --head ci/update-submodules --base "$base_branch" --state open --json number --jq '.[].number')"; then


+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * 1'


+          git checkout -B ci/update-submodules
+          git add .gitmodules
+          git submodule foreach --recursive 'git -C "$toplevel" add "$sm_path"'
+          git commit -m "ci: update submodules"
+          git push --force origin ci/update-submodules


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Remove needless workflow_dispatch

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schedule:

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GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}

run: |

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