version.yml

# appends -dev to the version upon release and opens pr
# CI won't run on generated PR, easiest workaround is to close + reopen
on:
  release:
    types: [published]
jobs:
  add-dev-to-version:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
    - name: Append version with dev
      run: sed -i '/20[0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9]/ s/]/-dev]/' configure.ac
    - name: Create pull request
      uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
      with:
        base: main                   # creates a new branch off of main
        branch: add-dev-post-release # name of the created branch
        branch-suffix: timestamp     # add a timestamp to branch name
        delete-branch: true          # delete afer merge
        title: Append dev to version number post-release
        body: automated change, adds '-dev' to the version number upon releases. This PR will need to be closed and reopened to run CI testing.