dev_sync.yml

name: Branch dev in sync to branch next

description: |
  The `dev` branch is just `next` without the `.gitmodules` file, to allow for deploying
  this package from source without attempting to also clone the test data repository.

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - next

jobs:
  sync_deploy_dev:
    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0  # Needed to switch branches
          ref: next       # Explicitly specify the branch to check out

      - name: Configure git
        run: |
          git config user.name "GitHub Actions"
          git config user.email "actions@github.com"

      - name: Create dev branch
        run: |
          git checkout -B dev

          # Remove submodule-related stuff
          git rm -rf .gitmodules tests/mr_reduction-data || true
          git commit -am "Sync from next without submodules" || echo "No changes"

          git push origin dev --force