add support for manually running updater, and change yml updater command

Author: JenabaBa

.github/workflows/update-dependencies.yml

@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 name: Update Dockerfile Dependencies
 on:
-  # schedule:
-  #   - cron: '0 12 * * * *'
-  pull_request:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 12 * * * *'
+  worfklow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
   pull-requests: write
 
-env:
-  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
 jobs:
   update:
     name: update
@@ -20,35 +17,29 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: main
 
-      - name: make test pr
-        run: echo "this is a test PR" >> test-pr.txt
-
-      # - name: build dependency updater
-      #   run: cd dependency_updater && go build
+      - name: build dependency updater
+        run: cd dependency_updater && go build
 
-      # - name: run dependency updater
-      #   env:
-      #     GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      #   run: cd dependency_updater && ./dependency_updater --repo ../ --commit true
+      - name: run dependency updater
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: cd dependency_updater && ./dependency_updater --repo ../ --github-action true
 
-      # - name: Load .env file
-      #   uses: aarcangeli/[email protected]
-      #   with:
-      #     filenames: 'commit_message.env'
+      - name: Load .env file
+        uses: aarcangeli/[email protected]
+        with:
+          filenames: 'commit_message.env'
 
-      # - name: view env
-      #   run: echo ${{ env.TITLE }}
+      - name: view env
+        run: echo ${{ env.TITLE }}
 
       - name: create pull request
         uses: peter-evans/[email protected]
         with:
           author: ${{ github.actor }} <${{ github.actor_id }}+${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com>
           committer: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
-          # title: ${{ env.TITLE }}
-          # commit-message: ${{ env.TITLE }}
-          # body: ${{ env.DESC }}
-          title: "Test PR"
-          commit-message: This is a test PR
-          body: This is a test PR
+          title: ${{ env.TITLE }}
+          commit-message: ${{ env.TITLE }}
+          body: ${{ env.DESC }}
           branch: run-dependency-updater
           delete-branch: true

dependency_updater/dependency_updater.go

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -56,9 +57,14 @@ func main() {
 				Usage:    "Stages updater changes and creates commit message",
 				Required: false,
 			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:     "github-action",
+				Usage:    "Specifies whether tool is being used through github action workflow",
+				Required: false,
+			},
 		},
 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
-			err := updater(string(cmd.String("token")), string(cmd.String("repo")), cmd.Bool("commit"))
+			err := updater(string(cmd.String("token")), string(cmd.String("repo")), cmd.Bool("commit"), cmd.Bool("github-action"))
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("error running updater: %s", err)
 			}
@@ -71,7 +77,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
-func updater(token string, repoPath string, commit bool) error {
+func updater(token string, repoPath string, commit bool, githubAction bool) error {
 	var err error
 	var dependencies Dependencies
 	var updatedDependencies []VersionUpdateInfo
@@ -110,8 +116,8 @@ func updater(token string, repoPath string, commit bool) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if commit && updatedDependencies != nil {
-		err := createCommitMessage(updatedDependencies, repoPath)
+	if (commit && updatedDependencies != nil) || (githubAction && updatedDependencies != nil) {
+		err := createCommitMessage(updatedDependencies, repoPath, githubAction)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error creating commit message: %s", err)
 		}
@@ -125,7 +131,7 @@ func updater(token string, repoPath string, commit bool) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func createCommitMessage(updatedDependencies []VersionUpdateInfo, repoPath string) error {
+func createCommitMessage(updatedDependencies []VersionUpdateInfo, repoPath string, githubAction bool) error {
 	var repos []string
 	commitTitle := "chore: updated "
 	commitDescription := "Updated dependencies for: \n"
@@ -137,11 +143,18 @@ func createCommitMessage(updatedDependencies []VersionUpdateInfo, repoPath strin
 	}
 	commitDescription = strings.TrimSuffix(commitDescription, "\n")
 
-	commitTitle += strings.Join(repos, ", ")
-	commitDescription = "\"" + commitDescription + "\""
-	err := createGitMessageEnv(commitTitle, commitDescription, repoPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error creating git commit message: %s", err)
+	if githubAction {
+		commitTitle += strings.Join(repos, ", ")
+		commitDescription = "\"" + commitDescription + "\""
+		err := createGitMessageEnv(commitTitle, commitDescription, repoPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error creating git commit message: %s", err)
+		}
+	} else if !githubAction {
+		cmd := exec.Command("git", "commit", "-am", commitTitle, "-m", commitDescription)
+		if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error running git commit -m: %s", err)
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }