Weekly Automated Release for any repository

.github-workflows-weekly-release.yaml

name: Weekly Release

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 0 * * 0'
  workflow_dispatch:

permissions:
  contents: write

jobs:
  create-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Create weekly release
        uses: actions/github-script@v7
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          script: |
            const { repo, owner } = context.repo;
            let lastReleaseDate = new Date(0);
            try {
              const latestRelease = await github.rest.repos.getLatestRelease({
                owner,
                repo
              });
              lastReleaseDate = new Date(latestRelease.data.created_at);
            } catch (error) {
              core.info('No previous release found');
            }

            const lastWeek = new Date();
            lastWeek.setDate(lastWeek.getDate() - 7);
            const sinceDate = lastReleaseDate > lastWeek ? lastReleaseDate : lastWeek;

            const commits = await github.paginate(
              github.rest.repos.listCommits,
              {
                owner,
                repo,
                since: sinceDate.toISOString(),
                sha: 'main'
              }
            );

            if (commits.length === 0) {
              core.info('No new commits since last release');
              return;
            }

            const tag = `${new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10)}`;
            await github.rest.repos.createRelease({
              owner,
              repo,
              tag_name: tag,
              name: `Release ${tag}`,
              target_commitish: 'main',
              generate_release_notes: true
            });