🚧 WIP added prepare and validate release automations

Author: joaodordio

.github/workflows/prepare-for-release.yml

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+name: Prepare For Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Version number (e.g., 2.3.0)'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  prepare-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Setup
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+
+      - name: Validate Version Format
+        run: |
+          if ! [[ "${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)?$ ]]; then
+            echo "::error::Invalid version format. Use semantic versioning (e.g., 2.3.0 or 2.3.0-beta1)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Update Changelog
+        id: update_changelog
+        run: |
+          new_version="${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
+          echo "new_version=${new_version}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+          if grep -qF "## ${new_version}" CHANGELOG.md; then
+            echo "CHANGELOG.md already has an entry for ${new_version}, skipping."
+          else
+            tmp=$(mktemp)
+            echo "## ${new_version}" > "$tmp"
+            echo "" >> "$tmp"
+            cat CHANGELOG.md >> "$tmp"
+            mv "$tmp" CHANGELOG.md
+          fi
+
+      - name: Update Version
+        run: npm version "${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" --no-git-tag-version
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: yarn prepare
+
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          title: "Prepare for Release ${{ steps.update_changelog.outputs.new_version }}"
+          body: |
+            # Prepare for Release ${{ steps.update_changelog.outputs.new_version }}
+
+            ## SDK Release Checklist
+            - [ ] CHANGELOG.md updated with release notes
+            - [ ] Version bumped in package.json
+            - [ ] `yarn prepare` ran successfully (itblBuildInfo.ts updated)
+            - [ ] All tests passing
+            - [ ] Documentation updated (if needed)
+
+          branch: "prepare-for-release-${{ steps.update_changelog.outputs.new_version }}"
+          commit-message: "Prepare for release ${{ steps.update_changelog.outputs.new_version }}"
+          labels: release
+          delete-branch: true

.github/workflows/validate-release.yml

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+name: Validate Release PR
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [labeled, opened, synchronize, edited]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: read
+
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    if: >-
+      (github.event.action == 'labeled' && github.event.label.name == 'release') ||
+      (github.event.action != 'labeled' && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'release'))
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Validate Release PR
+        env:
+          PR_BODY: ${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}
+        run: |
+          errors=()
+
+          # --- Extract version from source of truth ---
+          version=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
+          if [ -z "$version" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Could not extract version from package.json"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "Detected version: $version"
+
+          # --- Check: Docs PR linked ---
+          if ! echo "$PR_BODY" | grep -qiP "github\.com/Iterable/iterable-docs/pull/\d+"; then
+            errors+=("No docs PR link found in the PR description. Add a link to the iterable-docs PR (e.g. https://github.com/Iterable/iterable-docs/pull/123).")
+          fi
+
+          # --- Check: CHANGELOG entry (RN uses ## X.Y.Z without brackets) ---
+          if ! grep -qF "## $version" CHANGELOG.md; then
+            errors+=("CHANGELOG.md is missing an entry for version $version.")
+          fi
+
+          # --- Check: Version consistency ---
+          build_info_ver=$(grep -oP "version:\s*'\K[^']+" src/itblBuildInfo.ts)
+
+          if [ "$build_info_ver" != "$version" ]; then
+            errors+=("src/itblBuildInfo.ts version is '$build_info_ver', expected '$version'. Did you run 'yarn prepare'?")
+          fi
+
+          # --- Report ---
+          if [ ${#errors[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
+            echo "::error::Release validation failed with ${#errors[@]} issue(s):"
+            for err in "${errors[@]}"; do
+              echo "::error::  - $err"
+            done
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "All release validations passed for version $version."