build_json.yml

name: Build emails.json file from README
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  push:
    branches: [ main ]
jobs:
  update:
    name: Update the emails.json file 
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
        with:
          python-version: '3.8'
          architecture: 'x64'

      - name: convert README to json
        run: |
          python convert_readme.py

      - name: setup git config
        run: |
          git config user.name "Quincy Larson Emails Bot"
          git config user.email "<>"
          echo ::set-output name=is_changed::$(git status --porcelain)

      - name: commit changes
        run: |
          if git status --porcelain | grep 'emails.json'; then
            echo "Commiting changed emails.json file"
            git add emails.json
            git commit -m "update emails.json"
            git push origin main
          else
            echo "No changes to be commited"
          fi