Refactor release workflow to use CHANGELOG.md for versioning

Author: Cyber-Syntax

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -1,54 +1,74 @@
-name: Create Release
+name: Create Release from CHANGELOG
 
 on:
-  push:    
+  push:
     branches: [ main ]
-    # Uncomment below if you want to trigger on tags instead
-    # tags:
-    #   - "v*" # Trigger on tags starting with 'v' (e.g., v1.0.0)
+    paths:
+      - 'CHANGELOG.md'  # Only trigger when CHANGELOG.md is updated
 
 jobs:
-  create-release:
+  release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
-      contents: write # Required to create releases
+      contents: write
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout Repository
+      - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0 # This fetches all history for proper versioning
 
-      - name: Generate Tag
-        id: tag
-        # Create a tag based on the date and run number if we're not triggered by a tag
+      - name: Extract latest version and notes
+        id: changelog
+        run: |
+          # Extract the first version number from CHANGELOG.md
+          VERSION=$(grep -m 1 '^## v' CHANGELOG.md | sed 's/^## \(v[0-9.]*[0-9]\(-[a-zA-Z0-9]*\)*\).*/\1/')
+          echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          
+          # Extract notes for this version (everything between this version header and the next version header)
+          NOTES=$(awk -v ver="$VERSION" '
+            BEGIN { found=0; capture=0; notes=""; }
+            $0 ~ "^## " ver { found=1; capture=1; next; }
+            $0 ~ /^## v/ && capture==1 { capture=0; }
+            capture==1 { notes = notes $0 "\n"; }
+            END { print notes; }
+          ' CHANGELOG.md)
+          
+          # Save notes to output with correct GitHub multiline syntax
+          EOF=$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=15 count=1 status=none | base64)
+          echo "notes<<$EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "$NOTES" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "$EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          
+          # For debugging
+          echo "Found version: $VERSION"
+          echo "Release notes excerpt: $(echo "$NOTES" | head -3)..."
+
+      - name: Check for existing release
+        id: check_release
         run: |
-          if [[ "${{ github.ref_type }}" == "tag" ]]; then
-            echo "tag=${{ github.ref_name }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          VERSION=${{ steps.changelog.outputs.version }}
+          if gh release view $VERSION &>/dev/null; then
+            echo "Release already exists: $VERSION"
+            echo "exists=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else
-            echo "tag=v$(date +'%Y.%m.%d')-build.${{ github.run_number }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "No existing release found for: $VERSION"
+            echo "exists=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
-
-      - name: Zip Entire Repository
-        run: zip -r fedora-setup.zip ./ -x "*.git*" ".github/*"
-
-      - name: Create Release
-        id: create-release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Create zip archive
+        if: steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false'
+        run: zip -r fedora-setup-${{ steps.changelog.outputs.version }}.zip ./ -x "*.git*" ".github/*"
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        if: steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false'
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
-          tag_name: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}
-          release_name: "Release ${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}"
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.version }}
+          name: "Release ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.version }}"
+          body: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.notes }}
           draft: false
-          prerelease: false
-
-      - name: Upload Release Asset
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+          prerelease: ${{ contains(steps.changelog.outputs.version, '-') }}
+          files: fedora-setup-${{ steps.changelog.outputs.version }}.zip
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          upload_url: ${{ steps.create-release.outputs.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: ./fedora-setup.zip
-          asset_name: fedora-setup.zip
-          asset_content_type: application/zip
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## v0.2.3-alpha
+### Changed
+  - feat: use CHANGELOG.md for releases
+
 ## v0.2.2-alpha
 ### Changed
   - fix: create github action release