initial attempt at automatically sorting dictionary file

.github/workflows/report-maker.yml

@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ on:
       error_min:
         default: 0
         type: number
+      sort_dictionary:
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
       gh_pat:
         type: string
         required: true
@@ -196,3 +199,64 @@ jobs:
           No ${{ steps.setup2.outputs.error_name }}! :tada:
           _Comment updated at ${{ steps.build-components2.outputs.time }} with changes from ${{ steps.build-components2.outputs.commit_id }}_
         edit-mode: replace
+
+  sort-dictionary:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if:  inputs.sort_dictionary
+  steps:
+    - name: "Check out PR branch"
+      id: checkout-pr-branch
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: "Check write permissions"
+      id: check-write-permissions
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.gh_pat }}
+      run: |
+         pr_branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+         # Attempt to push a dummy commit to test write permissions
+         git config --global user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
+         git config --global user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
+         # Try to create a temporary branch and push
+         branch_name="test-write-permissions-$(date +%s)"
+         git checkout -b "$branch_name"
+         git commit --allow-empty -m "Test write permissions"
+         if git push origin "$branch_name"; then
+           echo "Successfully pushed to branch - write permissions confirmed"
+           # Clean up test branch and check the PR branch back out
+           git push origin --delete "$branch_name"
+           git checkout "$pr_branch"
+           exit 0
+         else
+           echo "Failed to push - insufficient write permissions"
+           exit 1
+         fi
+
+    - name: "Sort dictionary file"
+      id: sort-dictionary
+      # Only run the sort if we're going to be able to commit the result back
+      if: steps.check-permissions.outcome == 'success'
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.gh_pat }}
+      run: |
+        dictionary_file="resources/dictionary.txt"
+        tmp_dictionary_file="resources/dictionary.txt.sorted"
+        pr_branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+        if [ -e dictionary_file ]; then
+          sort $dictionary_file > $tmp_dictionary_file
+          diff $dictionary_file $tmp_dictionary_file
+          if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+            #The files are different, we need to commit
+            rm $dictionary_file
+            mv $tmp_dictionary_file $dictionary_file
+            git add $dictionary_file
+            git commit -m 'Sort dictionary file'
+            git pull --rebase --set-upstream origin $pr_branch --allow-unrelated-histories --strategy-option=ours
+            git push origin $pr_branch
+          else
+            echo "No changes in dictionary.txt"
+          fi
+        else
+          echo "Dictionary not found at expected location"
+          exit 1
+        fi

action.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ inputs:
     description: "There are three types of reports that can be done and specified: 'spelling', 'urls', or 'quiz_format'."
     required: true
     type: string
+  sort_dictionary:
+    description: "Should this action automatically alphabetize your dictionary.txt"
+    default: false
+    type: boolean
   error_min:
     description: "What number of errors should make this check fail?"
     default: 0