use jq

.gitea/workflows/render-manifests.yaml

@@ -138,34 +138,35 @@ jobs:
           GITEA_URL: ${{ secrets.REPO_URL }}
           HEAD_BRANCH: ${{ steps.commit-push.outputs.HEAD_BRANCH }}
         run: |
+          apt install jq
+
           API_ENDPOINT="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${{ gitea.repository_owner }}/${{ gitea.repository_name }}/pulls"
 
-          PAYLOAD=$(cat <<-EOF
-          {
-            "head": "${HEAD_BRANCH}",
-            "base": "${BASE_BRANCH}",
-            "title": "Automated Manifest Update: $(date +%F)",
-            "body": "This PR contains newly rendered Kubernetes manifests automatically generated by the CI workflow.",
-          }
-          EOF
-          )
+          PAYLOAD=$( jq -n \
+            --arg head "${HEAD_BRANCH}" \
+            --arg base "${BASE_BRANCH}" \
+            --arg title "Automated Manifest Update: $(date +%F)" \
+            --arg body "This PR contains newly rendered Kubernetes manifests automatically generated by the CI workflow" \
+            '{head: $head, base: $base, title: $title}, body: $body' )
 
           echo ">> Creating PR from branch: ${HEAD_BRANCH} into ${BASE_BRANCH}"
+          echo ">> With Payload of:"
+          echo "$PAYLOAD"
 
           HTTP_STATUS=$(
             curl -X POST \
-              --write-out '%{http_code}' \
               --silent \
+              --write-out '%{http_code}' \
               --output /tmp/pr_response \
+              --data "${PAYLOAD}" \
               -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
               -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-              --data "${PAYLOAD}" \
               "${API_ENDPOINT}"
           )
 
           echo ">> Gitea API Response Body ..."
           echo "----"
-          echo "$(cat /tmp/pr_response)"
+          cat /tmp/pr_response
           echo "----"
 
           if [ "$HTTP_STATUS" == "201" ]; then