Run gen scripts and unify firmware, simulator, and unit_tests workflows (#1506)

* add workflow and scripts

* select current branch

* added some comments

* unify build workflows for firmware, testing, and simulator

* move if to steps to keep from skipping

* debug

* Added comment

* Move simulator and unit tests back to their own files

* Move config and livedoc generation to its own file

* Add gen configs workflow

.github/workflows/build-firmware.yaml

@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ jobs:
       with:
         submodules: recursive
   
+    - name: Generate Configs
+      working-directory: ./firmware/
+      run: sh gen_config.sh
+
+    - name: Generate Live Documentation
+      working-directory: ./firmware/
+      run: sh gen_live_documentation.sh
+
     # Build machines don't have arm-none-eabi gcc, so let's download it and put it on the path
     - name: Download & Install GCC
       run: | # Compiler hosted on our other git repo - avoids having to download from the nice folks at ARM every time

.github/workflows/build-simulator.yaml

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ on: [push,pull_request]
 
 jobs:
   build:
-
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
@@ -15,6 +14,14 @@ jobs:
       with:
         submodules: recursive
 
+    - name: Generate Configs
+      working-directory: ./firmware/
+      run: sh gen_config.sh
+
+    - name: Generate Live Documentation
+      working-directory: ./firmware/
+      run: sh gen_live_documentation.sh
+
     - name: Build Simulator
       working-directory: ./simulator/
       run: make -j4

.github/workflows/build-unit-tests.yaml

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ on: [push,pull_request]
 
 jobs:
   build:
-
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     
     steps:
@@ -12,6 +11,14 @@ jobs:
       with:
         submodules: recursive
       
+    - name: Generate Configs
+      working-directory: ./firmware/
+      run: sh gen_config.sh
+
+    - name: Generate Live Documentation
+      working-directory: ./firmware/
+      run: sh gen_live_documentation.sh
+
     - name: Build Tests
       working-directory: ./unit_tests/
       run: make -j4

.github/workflows/gen-configs.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: Generate configs and live docs
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  generate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Generate Configs
+      working-directory: ./firmware/
+      run: sh gen_config.sh
+
+    - name: Generate Live Documentation
+      working-directory: ./firmware/
+      run: sh gen_live_documentation.sh
+
+    # Commit changes and catch the error that occurs if nothing has been changed (without catching other errors)
+    - name: Commit changes
+      run: |
+        git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
+        git config --local user.name "GitHub build-firmware Action"
+        git commit -am "Auto-generated configs and docs" 2>&1 | grep -E '(nothing to commit|changed)'
+
+    # We need to know what branch this is in order to push to the correct branch
+    - name: Extract branch name
+      shell: bash
+      run: echo "##[set-output name=branch;]$(echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/})"
+      id: extract_branch
+
+    - name: Push configs
+      uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
+      with:
+        github_token: ${{ github.token }}
+        branch: ${{ steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch }}