update-publications.yml

name: Update publications

on:
  schedule:
    # Mondays at 04:00 UTC. GitHub may delay scheduled runs under load.
    - cron: "0 4 * * 1"
  workflow_dispatch:

permissions:
  contents: write

concurrency:
  group: update-publications
  cancel-in-progress: false

jobs:
  update:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: "3.12"

      # Needed to read back the manual edits already in _data/publications.yml.
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: pip install pyyaml

      - name: Fetch publications from DBLP
        run: python3 scripts/fetch_publications.py

      - name: Commit if the list changed
        run: |
          if git diff --quiet -- _data/publications.yml; then
            echo "No new publications."
            exit 0
          fi
          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
          git add _data/publications.yml
          git commit -m "Update publications from DBLP"
          git push