From 69084eb1c8c6a96e49ad71343e27614f14007757 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ebner <simon.ebner@psi.ch>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:03:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add release check

---
 .gitea/workflows/check_releases.yaml | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/check_releases.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/check_releases.yaml
index 15f2869..1b15bc9 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/check_releases.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/check_releases.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,48 @@ on:
 jobs:
   check_releases:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest-intranet"
+    env:
+      TARGET_REPO_OWNER: "prefix-dev"
+      TARGET_REPO_NAME: "pixi"
     container:
       image: gitea.psi.ch/images/rhel9-developer-gitea-actions
     steps:
       - name: Check
         run: echo "Checking for new releases ..."
+      - name: Check for new releases in target repository
+        run: |
+          echo "--- Checking ${TARGET_REPO_OWNER}/${TARGET_REPO_NAME} for new releases ---"
+
+          # 1. Fetch all releases and sort them by creation date descending
+          # We only need the latest release tag/date info
+          API_OUTPUT=$(curl -s \
+            "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ env.TARGET_REPO_OWNER }}/${{ env.TARGET_REPO_NAME }}/releases?per_page=1")
+
+          # Check if API call failed or returned no data
+          if [ "$API_OUTPUT" == '[]' ]; then
+              echo "⚠️ No releases found in the target repository."
+              exit 0 # Exit successfully, but do nothing.
+          fi
+
+          # Extract the tag name and published date of the latest release
+          LATEST_TAG=$(echo "${API_OUTPUT}" | jq -r '.[0].tag_name')
+          PUBLISH_DATE=$(echo "${API_OUTPUT}" | jq -r '.[0].published_at')
+
+          echo "✅ Found latest version: ${LATEST_TAG} published on ${PUBLISH_DATE}"
+
+          # --- 2. Implement your custom logic here ---
+          # You need a mechanism to store the previously checked tag/date
+          # For simplicity, we will just check if we found ANY release data.
+
+          # Example Logic: If you want to perform an action ONLY IF the date is new...
+          # (In a real scenario, you would compare $PUBLISH_DATE against a stored variable)
+
+          echo "Successfully retrieved version data."
+          # echo "LATEST_VERSION=${LATEST_TAG}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "LATEST_VERSION=${LATEST_TAG}"
+
+      # - name: Deploy/Build action if release found
+      #   if: env.LATEST_VERSION # This step runs ONLY if the previous step successfully set LATEST_VERSION
+      #   run: |
+      #     echo "🚀 A new major version ($LATEST_VERSION) has been released! Initiating build/deploy..."
+      #     # Add your deployment steps here (e.g., upload artifact, trigger CI job)