fix: added PR creation to release action (#872)

* added PR creation to release action
Signed-off-by: Allison Suarez Miranda <asuarezmiranda@lyft.com>

* set new branch rather than master
Signed-off-by: Allison Suarez Miranda <asuarezmiranda@lyft.com>

* changed cron to 12:15pm
Signed-off-by: Allison Suarez Miranda <asuarezmiranda@lyft.com>

.github/workflows/monthly_release.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Monthly Release
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: 45 0 15 * *
+    - cron: 15 20 19 * *
 
 jobs:
   release:
@@ -20,3 +20,16 @@ jobs:
           git config user.name "github-actions"
           git config user.email "github-actions@github.com"
           semantic-release publish
+      - name: Create release pull request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          commit-message: Create new release
+          title: Create new release
+          body: |
+            - Bumped version for new release of FE library.
+
+            Auto-generated by [create-pull-request][1]
+
+            [1]: https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request
+          branch: new-release

setup.cfg

@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ warn_no_return = True
 
 [semantic_release]
 version_variable = "./setup.py:__version__"
+branch = "new-release"
 upload_to_pypi = true
 upload_to_release = true