Abridge release notes

.github/workflows/post-release-mergeback.yml

@@ -123,9 +123,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Prepare partial Changelog
         env:
           PARTIAL_CHANGELOG: "${{ runner.temp }}/partial_changelog.md"
-          VERSION: "${{ steps.getVersion.outputs.version }}"
         run: |
-          python .github/workflows/script/prepare_changelog.py CHANGELOG.md "$VERSION" > $PARTIAL_CHANGELOG
+          python .github/workflows/script/prepare_changelog.py CHANGELOG.md > $PARTIAL_CHANGELOG
 
           echo "::group::Partial CHANGELOG"
           cat $PARTIAL_CHANGELOG

.github/workflows/rollback-release.yml

@@ -127,9 +127,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           NEW_CHANGELOG: "${{ runner.temp }}/new_changelog.md"
           PARTIAL_CHANGELOG: "${{ runner.temp }}/partial_changelog.md"
-          VERSION: "${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}"
         run: |
-          python .github/workflows/script/prepare_changelog.py $NEW_CHANGELOG "$VERSION" > $PARTIAL_CHANGELOG
+          python .github/workflows/script/prepare_changelog.py $NEW_CHANGELOG > $PARTIAL_CHANGELOG
 
           echo "::group::Partial CHANGELOG"
           cat $PARTIAL_CHANGELOG

.github/workflows/script/bundle_changelog.py

@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 import os
 import re
 
+cli_version = os.environ['CLI_VERSION']
+
+# Link the GitHub Release corresponding to the new bundle version.
+bundle_release_url = f"https://github.com/github/codeql-action/releases/codeql-bundle-v{cli_version}"
+bundle_note = f"To learn more about the relevant changes to the CodeQL CLI and language packs, see the [bundle release]({bundle_release_url})."
+
 # Get the PR number from the PR URL.
 pr_number = os.environ['PR_URL'].split('/')[-1]
-changelog_note = f"- Update default CodeQL bundle version to {os.environ['CLI_VERSION']}. [#{pr_number}]({os.environ['PR_URL']})"
+changelog_note = f"- Update default CodeQL bundle version to {cli_version}. {bundle_note} [#{pr_number}]({os.environ['PR_URL']})"
 
 # If the "[UNRELEASED]" section starts with "no user facing changes", remove that line.
 with open('CHANGELOG.md', 'r') as f:

.github/workflows/script/prepare_changelog.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -6,7 +7,7 @@
 # Prepare the changelog for the new release
 # This function will extract the part of the changelog that
 # we want to include in the new release.
-def extract_changelog_snippet(changelog_file, version_tag):
+def extract_changelog_snippet(changelog_file):
   output = ''
   if (not os.path.exists(changelog_file)):
     output = EMPTY_CHANGELOG
@@ -15,23 +16,20 @@ def extract_changelog_snippet(changelog_file, version_tag):
     with open(changelog_file, 'r') as f:
       lines = f.readlines()
 
-      # Include everything up to, but excluding the second heading
+      # Include only the contents of the first section
       found_first_section = False
-      for i, line in enumerate(lines):
+      for line in lines:
         if line.startswith('## '):
           if found_first_section:
             break
           found_first_section = True
-        output += line
+        elif found_first_section:
+          output += line
 
-  output += f"See the full [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/blob/{version_tag}/CHANGELOG.md) for more information."
+  return output.strip()
 
-  return output
 
-
-if len(sys.argv) < 3:
-  raise Exception('Expecting argument: changelog_file version_tag')
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+  raise Exception('Expecting argument: changelog_file')
 changelog_file = sys.argv[1]
-version_tag = sys.argv[2]
-
-print(extract_changelog_snippet(changelog_file, version_tag))
+print(extract_changelog_snippet(changelog_file))