feat(collect-instance-uptime): Publish "instance-uptime-data" branch

.github/workflows/collect-instance-uptime.yml

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Collect Instance Uptime
+        id: collect-instance-uptime
         run: |
           export OS_CLOUD=BIO180006_IU # Select openstack auth settings defined in ".config/openstack/clouds.yaml"
 
@@ -21,8 +22,10 @@ jobs:
           instance_basename="${instance_prefix}instance"
 
           # Define the JSON file paths for storing/updating uptimes
-          JSON_FILE=uptime.json
-          JSON_FILE_TMP=uptime.json.tmp
+          JSON_DIR=data
+          mkdir -p $JSON_DIR
+          JSON_FILE=$JSON_DIR/uptime.json
+          JSON_FILE_TMP=$(mktemp $RUNNER_TEMP/uptime.XXXXXX.json)
 
           # Initialize the JSON file if it doesn't exist, with a basic structure
           if [[ ! -f $JSON_FILE ]]; then
@@ -144,5 +147,16 @@ jobs:
             echo "--------"
             cat $JSON_FILE
             echo "--------"
+
+            echo "json_dir=$JSON_DIR" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         env:
           PREFIX: ${{ vars.INSTANCE_NAME_PREFIX }}
+
+      - name: Publish
+        uses: s0/git-publish-subdir-action@5bc6742efb946f4cba68c7a9067a31ea5631071d # develop
+        env:
+          REPO: self
+          BRANCH: instance-uptime-data
+          FOLDER: ${{ steps.collect-instance-uptime.outputs.json_dir }}
+          SQUASH_HISTORY: true
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}