Draft of a GitHub Action for Farmhand

trigger-release.yml

# https://github.blog/changelog/2020-07-06-github-actions-manual-triggers-with-workflow_dispatch/
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      releaseType:
        description: 'Release type'
        required: true
        default: 'patch'

jobs:
  triggerRelease:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.1
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - uses: fregante/setup-git-user@v1
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
        with:
          node-version: 14

      # Set up both stable branches for the release:* scripts
      - run: git checkout -b master --track origin/master
      - run: git checkout develop

      - run: npm ci
      - run: npm run release:${{ github.event.inputs.releaseType }}

      # Trigger downstream workflows
      # https://github.community/t/push-from-action-does-not-trigger-subsequent-action/16854/2
      - name: Trigger deployment
        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@v0.6.0
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
          tags: true