Create auto-bump-version.yml

.github/workflows/auto-bump-version.yml

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+name: Auto-bump Version on Merge
+
+# This triggers ONLY when code is pushed directly to master 
+# (which includes when a Pull Request is merged into it).
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master  # If your default branch is 'main', change this to 'main'
+
+jobs:
+  bump-version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write # Required so the bot can push the new commit to your repo
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Calculate and Update Version
+        run: |
+          # 1. Extract current version from the DESCRIPTION file
+          CURRENT_VERSION=$(grep -i "^Version:" DESCRIPTION | awk '{print $2}')
+
+          # SECURITY CHECK: Ensure it strictly matches a version number format (e.g., 0.17.0 or 0.17.0.9000)
+          if [[ ! "$CURRENT_VERSION" =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+$ ]]; then
+            echo "❌ Error: Invalid version format in DESCRIPTION: '$CURRENT_VERSION'"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # 2. Split the version string by periods into an array
+          IFS='.' read -r -a VERSION_PARTS <<< "$CURRENT_VERSION"
+
+          # 3. Increment the very last number by 1
+          LAST_INDEX=$((${#VERSION_PARTS[@]} - 1))
+          VERSION_PARTS[$LAST_INDEX]=$((VERSION_PARTS[$LAST_INDEX] + 1))
+
+          # 4. Stitch the version string back together
+          NEW_VERSION=$(IFS='.'; echo "${VERSION_PARTS[*]}")
+
+          echo "Bumping version from $CURRENT_VERSION to $NEW_VERSION"
+
+          # 5. Safely replace the old version with the new version in the file
+          sed -i "s/^Version: [0-9.]\+/Version: $NEW_VERSION/i" DESCRIPTION
+
+          # 6. Securely pass the new version to the next step for the commit message
+          cat <<EOF >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          NEW_VERSION=$NEW_VERSION
+          EOF
+
+      - name: Commit and Push
+        run: |
+          # Configure Git to act as the official GitHub Actions bot
+          git config --local user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+
+          # Stage the changed file
+          git add DESCRIPTION
+
+          # Check if there are actually changes to commit (prevents errors if version didn't change)
+          if ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD; then
+            # The [skip ci] flag is CRITICAL. It tells GitHub NOT to trigger 
+            # another workflow run from this automated commit, preventing infinite loops.
+            git commit -m "chore: auto-bump version to ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }} [skip ci]"
+            git push
+            echo "✅ Successfully bumped version and pushed to master."
+          else
+            echo "No changes needed."
+          fi

DESCRIPTION

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 Package: jaspModuleTemplate
-Type: Package
+Type: Package 
 Title: A module for JASP
 Version: 0.1.0
 Date: 2020-10-15