nightly.yml

name: "nightly"

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

jobs:

  spec:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Check outcome
        run: |
          echo "Workflow succeeded"
          exit 0

  acceptance:
    needs: "spec"
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Check outcome
        run: |
          echo "Workflow failed"
          exit 1

  on-failure-workflow-restarter-proxy:
    # (1) run this job after the "acceptance" job and...
    needs: [acceptance]
    # (2) continue ONLY IF "acceptance" fails
    if: always() && needs.acceptance.result == 'failure'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      # (3) checkout this repository in order to "see" the following custom action
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      # (4) "use" the custom action to retrigger the failed "acceptance job" above
      # NOTE: pass the SOURCE_GITHUB_TOKEN to the custom action because (a) it must have
      # this to trigger the reusable workflow that restarts the failed job; and
      # (b) custom actions do not have access to the calling workflow's secrets
      - name: Trigger reusable workflow
        uses: ./.github/actions/workflow-restarter-proxy
        env:
          SOURCE_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          repository: ${{ github.repository }}
          run_id: ${{ github.run_id }}