From f362496fd14319a30b771fb8905c44ff24694939 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shati Patel <42641846+shati-patel@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 18:24:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Automatically update submodule pointers

---
 .../workflows/check-submodule-pointers.yml    | 38 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/check-submodule-pointers.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-submodule-pointers.yml b/.github/workflows/check-submodule-pointers.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ff7311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-submodule-pointers.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: Check submodule pointers
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  check-submodules:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+
+      - name: Check ql submodule
+        env: 
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          # Tip of the lgtm.com branch
+          target_sha=$(gh api repos/github/codeql/git/ref/heads/lgtm.com --jq '.object.sha')
+          
+          if [ $(git rev-parse @:./ql) == $target_sha ]; then
+            echo "The ql submodule already points to the tip of the lgtm.com branch. Nothing to do."
+          else
+            cd ql
+            git fetch origin $target_sha
+            git checkout $target_sha
+            cd ..
+            git add ql
+            git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+            git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+            git commit -m "Bump ql submodule to latest lgtm.com"
+            git push origin $GITHUB_REF
+          fi 
+# Do similar thing for codeql-go