kytyps5.github.io/.github/workflows/refresh-data.yml

name: Refresh GitHub data

# Keep the deployed GitHub snapshot (stats / releases / contributors / commits)
# fresh without pushing code. Every 30 minutes the snapshot is regenerated from
# the GitHub API and compared against what is currently deployed; only when the
# numbers actually moved (stars, release, commits) is the Pages deploy
# dispatched, which rebuilds the site and ships the fresh data. No change means
# no rebuild — the site isn't rebuilt 48 times a day for nothing.
#
# Notes:
# - The snapshot file (public/data/github.json) is gitignored and regenerated
#   on every build by the `prebuild` script, so nothing needs committing — the
#   deploy build produces the fresh data by itself.
# - The site also live-fetches GitHub data in the browser, so this workflow
#   mostly improves the first paint and the no-JS / rate-limited fallback.
# - `gh workflow run deploy.yml` is used because pushes made with the default
#   GITHUB_TOKEN do not trigger other workflows.
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "*/30 * * * *" # every 30 minutes (may be delayed under load)
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      force:
        description: "Rebuild even if the data did not change"
        type: boolean
        default: false

permissions:
  contents: read
  actions: write # needed for `gh workflow run deploy.yml`

jobs:
  refresh:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 22
          cache: npm
      - run: npm ci

      - name: Regenerate the GitHub snapshot
        run: npm run fetch:data
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Deploy only when the deployed data is stale
        id: changed
        # GITHUB_REPOSITORY (always "owner/name") is used to build the Pages
        # URL — github.event.repository can be unavailable on schedule events.
        env:
          FORCE: ${{ inputs.force }}
        run: |
          node - <<'NODE'
          (async () => {
            const fs = require("fs");
            const [owner, repo] = process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY.split("/");
            const rootRepo = `${owner}.github.io`.toLowerCase();
            const site = repo.toLowerCase() === rootRepo
              ? `https://${owner}.github.io`
              : `https://${owner}.github.io/${repo}`;
            const base = `${site}/data/github.json`;
            const cur = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("public/data/github.json", "utf8"));
            const live = await (async () => {
              if (process.env.FORCE === "true") return null;
              try {
                const res = await fetch(base, { cache: "no-store" });
                if (!res.ok) return null; // not deployed yet → establish the baseline
                return await res.json();
              } catch {
                return null; // unreachable / first deploy → rebuild
              }
            })();

            if (live === null) {
              fs.appendFileSync(process.env.GITHUB_OUTPUT, "changed=true\n");
              process.exit(0);
            }

            // Compare real data only. generatedAt always differs; and the repo
            // object's temp_clone_token rotates on every authenticated call
            // (permissions is token-shaped too) — without stripping those the
            // JSON never matches and the site rebuilds every 30 minutes. Strip
            // defensively: the deployed file may predate the fetch script's own
            // sanitization.
            for (const obj of [cur, live]) {
              delete obj.generatedAt;
              if (obj.repo) {
                delete obj.repo.temp_clone_token;
                delete obj.repo.permissions;
              }
              if (obj.latestRelease && Array.isArray(obj.latestRelease.assets)) {
                // Download counts move on every download — compare releases by
                // their identity (tag, date, notes), not by popularity noise.
                for (const asset of obj.latestRelease.assets) delete asset.download_count;
              }
            }
            const didChange = JSON.stringify(cur) !== JSON.stringify(live);
            fs.appendFileSync(process.env.GITHUB_OUTPUT, `changed=${didChange}\n`);
          })();
          NODE

      - name: Dispatch the deploy
        if: steps.changed.outputs.changed == 'true'
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          gh workflow run deploy.yml --ref main -f force_full=true
          echo "Deployed data was stale — dispatched a rebuild."
      - name: Nothing to do
        if: steps.changed.outputs.changed != 'true'
        run: echo "Deployed data is current — no rebuild needed."