Make nextstrain.org PR from Auspice PR merge ref if available

Previously, Auspice was installed from the source branch HEAD directly.
This can fail to catch issues if there are notable changes in the PR
target branch unincorporated in the source branch. Creating the
nextstrain.org PR from the auto-merged ref should surface any
merge-related issues sooner than later.

.github/workflows/make_prs_for_other_repos.yaml

@@ -13,6 +13,23 @@ jobs:
       DESTINATION_REPO_DIR: nextstrain.org
 
     steps:
+      # If a PR exists for this branch, also update the local copy of Auspice
+      # to the GitHub-managed merge ref.
+      - name: Detect PR from branch
+        id: detect-pr
+        run: |
+          PR_NUMBER=$(gh pr view $GITHUB_REF_NAME --repo nextstrain/auspice --json 'number' --jq '.number') || true
+          if [[ -n $PR_NUMBER ]]; then
+            echo "::set-output name=markdown-text::[PR $PR_NUMBER](https://github.com/nextstrain/auspice/pull/$PR_NUMBER)"
+            $MERGE_SHA=$(gh pr view $GITHUB_REF_NAME --repo nextstrain/auspice --json 'potentialMergeCommit' --jq '.potentialMergeCommit.oid')
+            echo "::set-output name=auspice-sha::$MERGE_SHA"
+          else
+            echo "::set-output name=markdown-text::[branch $GITHUB_REF_NAME](https://github.com/nextstrain/auspice/tree/$GITHUB_REF_NAME)"
+            echo "::set-output name=auspice-sha::$GITHUB_SHA"
+          fi
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           node-version: '14'
@@ -23,26 +40,14 @@ jobs:
           repository: nextstrain/nextstrain.org
           path: ${{ env.DESTINATION_REPO_DIR }}
 
-      - name: Install Auspice from source branch HEAD commit
+      - name: Install Auspice
         shell: bash
         working-directory: ${{ env.DESTINATION_REPO_DIR }}
         run: |
           npm ci
-          npm install nextstrain/auspice#${GITHUB_SHA}
+          npm install nextstrain/auspice#${{ steps.detect-pr.outputs.auspice-sha }}
           git add package.json package-lock.json
 
-      - name: Generate Markdown link
-        id: generate-markdown-link
-        run: |
-          PR_NUMBER=$(gh pr view $GITHUB_REF_NAME --repo nextstrain/auspice --json 'number' --jq '.number') || true
-          if [[ -n $PR_NUMBER ]]; then
-            echo "::set-output name=text::[PR $PR_NUMBER](https://github.com/nextstrain/auspice/pull/$PR_NUMBER)"
-          else
-            echo "::set-output name=text::[branch $GITHUB_REF_NAME](https://github.com/nextstrain/auspice/tree/$GITHUB_REF_NAME)"
-          fi
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
       - name: Create Pull Request for testing on nextstrain.org repo
         id: cpr
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
@@ -55,9 +60,12 @@ jobs:
           committer: 'nextstrain-bot <[email protected]>'
           title: '[bot] [DO NOT MERGE] Test Auspice branch ${{ github.ref_name }}'
           body: |
-            This PR has been created to test Auspice from ${{ steps.generate-markdown-link.outputs.text }}.
+            This PR has been created to test Auspice from ${{ steps.detect-pr.outputs.markdown-text }}.
 
             This message and corresponding commits were automatically created by a GitHub Action from [nextstrain/auspice](https://github.com/nextstrain/auspice).
+
+            If there is an open PR for the branch, then Auspice has been installed from the result of the branch merged with the PR's target branch.
+            This will surface any issues that can arise from merging the PR in Auspice. To address these issues locally, update the source branch (e.g. with a git rebase).
           draft: true
           delete-branch: true