From 6696b304644be821cf4661b118b511e1c5bccdb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alessio Buccino <alejoe9187@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:53:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add action to copy neuropixels_probe_features from ProbeTable

---
 .../copy-neuropixels-probe-features.yml       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++
 MANIFEST.in                                   |  1 +
 pyproject.toml                                |  3 ++
 3 files changed, 50 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/copy-neuropixels-probe-features.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/copy-neuropixels-probe-features.yml b/.github/workflows/copy-neuropixels-probe-features.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be39ff987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/copy-neuropixels-probe-features.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: Sync neuropixels_probe_features from ProbeTable
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * 1' # Every Monday at 00:00 UTC
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  copy-file:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout current repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Copy file from external repo
+      run: |
+        # Download the file directly
+        curl -o neo/resources/neuropixels_probe_features.json \
+          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/billkarsh/ProbeTable/refs/heads/main/Tables/probe_features.json
+
+    - name: Commit changes if any
+      id: commit
+      run: |
+        git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
+        git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
+
+        git add neo/resources/neuropixels_probe_features.json
+
+        # Only commit if there are changes
+        if git diff --staged --quiet; then
+          echo "No changes to commit"
+          echo "changes=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        else
+          git commit -m "Update neuropixels_probe_features from ProbeTable"
+          echo "changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        fi
+
+    - name: Make PR with updated probe features
+      if: steps.commit.outputs.changes == 'true'
+      uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+      with:
+        title: "Update Neuropixels probe features"
+        body: "This PR updates the probe features JSON file from the ProbeTable repository."
+        branch-suffix: short-commit-hash
+        base: "main"
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 92d8f2142..1b82c1bfa 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 include README.rst
 include LICENSE.txt
+recursive-include neo/resources *.json
 include CITATION.rst
 prune drafts
 include examples/*.py
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9142a9795..6d2c0aaa8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -133,5 +133,8 @@ all = [
 # we do not include 'stfio' in 'all' as it is not pip installable
 
 
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+neo = ["resources/*.json"]
+
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 120