ci(github-actions): build history github action

.github/workflows/update-history.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# This will use the script/tools/history.js script to generate a history of the
+# repository. This will be used to generate the history page / vizualization.
+
+name: Generate history
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [19.x, 18.x]
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+      with:
+        node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+    - run: npm ci
+    - run: npm test
+    - run: npm run build-history
+    # commit the changes
+    - name: Commit changes
+      run: |
+        git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+        git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+        git add /dist/history.json
+        git commit -m "Update history.json"
+    # push the changes
+    - name: Push changes
+      uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
+      with:
+        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        branch: master
+
+

package.json

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
     "test": "node scripts/build.js --testOnly",
     "clean-dist-folder": "rm -rf dist && mkdir dist",
     "build": "npm run clean-dist-folder && node scripts/build.js",
-    "semantic-release": "semantic-release"
+    "semantic-release": "semantic-release",
+    "build-history": "node scripts/tools/history.js > dist/history.json"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",