ci: auto update description in package.json on repo creation if available

.github/scripts/rename.sh

@@ -6,16 +6,19 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # Define the input vars
 GITHUB_REPOSITORY=${1?Error: Please pass username/repo, e.g. prb/foundry-template}
 GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER=${2?Error: Please pass username, e.g. prb}
+GITHUB_REPOSITORY_DESCRIPTION=${3:-""} # If null then replace with empty string
 
 echo "GITHUB_REPOSITORY: $GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
 echo "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER: $GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER"
+echo "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_DESCRIPTION: $GITHUB_REPOSITORY_DESCRIPTION"
 
 # jq is like sed for JSON data
 JQ_OUTPUT=`jq \
   --arg NAME "@$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
   --arg AUTHOR_NAME "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER" \
   --arg URL "https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER" \
-  '.name = $NAME | .description = "" | .author |= ( .name = $AUTHOR_NAME | .url = $URL )' \
+  --arg DESCRIPTION "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_DESCRIPTION" \
+  '.name = $NAME | .description = $DESCRIPTION | .author |= ( .name = $AUTHOR_NAME | .url = $URL )' \
   package.json
 `
 

.github/workflows/create.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: "actions/checkout@v3"
 
       - name: "Update package.json"
-        run: ./.github/scripts/rename.sh "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER"
+        env:
+          GITHUB_REPOSITORY_DESCRIPTION: ${{ github.event.repository.description }}
+        run:
+          ./.github/scripts/rename.sh "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER" "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_DESCRIPTION"
 
       - name: "Add rename summary"
         run: |