Test new release process (1/n)

Author: sethvargo

.github/workflows/draft-release.yml

@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ jobs:
     name: 'Draft Release'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     steps:
-      - uses: 'actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: 'Checkout'
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - uses: 'actions/setup-node@60edb5dd545a775178f52524783378180af0d1f8' # ratchet:actions/setup-node@v4
+      - name: 'Setup node'
+        uses: 'actions/setup-node@60edb5dd545a775178f52524783378180af0d1f8' # ratchet:actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: '22.x'
 
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ jobs:
               });
               releaseNotes = releaseNotesResponse.data.body;
             } catch(err) {
+              core.debug(`error generating release notes: ${err}`)
               core.warning('No existing releases found, assuming initial release');
               releaseNotes = 'Initial release'
             }
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: 'abcxyz/pkg/.github/actions/create-pull-request@main' # ratchet:exclude
         with:
           token: '${{ secrets.ACTIONS_BOT_TOKEN }}'
-          base_branch: '${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}' # TODO: pull from trigger branch instead (for release builds)
+          base_branch: '${{ github.ref_name }}'
           head_branch: 'actions/draft-release-${{ github.ref_name }}'
           title: 'Release: v${{ steps.build.outputs.next_version }}'
           body: '${{ steps.generate-release-notes.outputs.release_notes }}'

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ jobs:
     name: 'Release'
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     steps:
-      - uses: 'actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: 'Checkout'
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: 'Get package version'
         run: |-