[PM-34456] Innovation Sprint: Enable generating automated release notes (#7362)

* Enable generating automated release notes

* Update release.yml template

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Co-authored-by: Daniel James Smith <djsmith85@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: djsmith85

.github/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - ignore-for-release
+  categories:
+    - title: "💙 Community Highlight"
+      labels:
+        - community-pr
+    - title: ":shipit: Feature Development"
+      labels:
+        - t:feature
+        - t:feature-app
+        - t:feature-tool
+        - t:new-feature
+        - t:enhancement
+    - title: "❗ Breaking Changes"
+      labels:
+        - t:breaking-change
+    - title: "🐛 Bug fixes"
+      labels:
+        - t:bugfix
+    - title: "⚙️ Maintenance"
+      labels:
+        - t:tech-debt
+        - t:ci
+        - t:docs
+        - t:misc
+    - title: "📦 Dependency Updates"
+      labels:
+        - major-updates
+        - t:deps
+    - title: "🎨 Other"
+      labels:
+        - "*"

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       release_version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
       branch-name: ${{ steps.branch.outputs.branch-name }}
+      last_release_tag: ${{ steps.get_release_info.outputs.last_release_tag }}
     steps:
       - name: Branch check
         if: ${{ inputs.release_type != 'Dry Run' }}
@@ -58,6 +59,13 @@ jobs:
           BRANCH_NAME=$(basename "${GITHUB_REF}")
           echo "branch-name=$BRANCH_NAME" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
+      - name: Get version info from run logs and set release tag name
+        id: get_release_info
+        run: |
+          last_release_tag=$(git tag -l --sort=-authordate | head -n 1)
+          echo "🔖 Last release tag: $last_release_tag"
+          echo "last_release_tag=$last_release_tag" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
   release:
     name: Create GitHub release
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -90,13 +98,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create release
         if: ${{ inputs.release_type != 'Dry Run' }}
         uses: ncipollo/release-action@b7eabc95ff50cbeeedec83973935c8f306dfcd0b # v1.20.0
+        env:
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.release_version }}
+          LAST_RELEASE_TAG: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.last_release_tag }}
         with:
           artifacts: "docker-stub-US.zip,
             docker-stub-EU.zip,
             swagger.json"
           commit: ${{ github.sha }}
-          tag: "v${{ needs.setup.outputs.release_version }}"
-          name: "Version ${{ needs.setup.outputs.release_version }}"
+          tag: "v${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}"
+          name: "Version ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}"
           body: "<insert release notes here>"
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          generateReleaseNotes: true
+          generateReleaseNotesPreviousTag: ${{ env.LAST_RELEASE_TAG }}          
           draft: true