Closes #242 (#241) #30

	name: Update post dates

	on:
	push:
	branches:
	- 'main'

	jobs:
	Update-post-dates:
	runs-on: ubuntu-latest
	container:
	image: "rocker/tidyverse:4.2.1"
	steps:
	- name: Checkout repository
	uses: actions/checkout@v4
	with:
	ref: main # replace with the branch you want to checkout

	- name: Run update_post_dates
	run: Rscript R/update_post_dates.R # running the R script with Rscript

	- name: Configure Git safe directory
	run: git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/blog/blog

	- name: Check for changes
	id: check_changes
	run: \|
	git config --global user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
	git config --global user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
	if [[ `git status --porcelain` ]]; then
	echo "changes detected"
	echo "changes=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
	else
	echo "no changes"
	echo "changes=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
	fi

	- name: Commit results
	if: env.changes == 'true'
	run: \|
	git add .
	git commit -m "Auto-update blog post date"
	git push origin main
	env:
	GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

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