From ee6dc3e9f5b0a2cbd2c6b87ec57336b08ff6a5bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "damian.czajkowski" <d0.czajkowski@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:01:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] build: fix repo URLs and pre-release tag handling in
 git-cliff config

---
 cliff.toml | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cliff.toml b/cliff.toml
index 2d5ebe7d..114f179b 100644
--- a/cliff.toml
+++ b/cliff.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ header = """# CHANGELOG
 
 All notable unreleased changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
-For released versions, see the [Releases](https://github.com/mirumee/ariadne/releases) page.
+For released versions, see the [Releases](https://github.com/mirumee/ariadne-codegen/releases) page.
 
 """
 # Template produces two zones:
@@ -35,25 +35,25 @@ body = """
 {%- if non_breaking and group != "_misc" %}
 ### {{ group }}
 {% for commit in non_breaking -%}
-- {{ commit.message | upper_first | trim }}{% if commit.remote.username %} (by @{{ commit.remote.username }}{% if commit.remote.pr_number %} in [#{{ commit.remote.pr_number }}](https://github.com/mirumee/ariadne/pull/{{ commit.remote.pr_number }}){% endif %}){% endif %}
+- {{ commit.message | upper_first | trim }}{% if commit.remote.username %} (by @{{ commit.remote.username }}{% if commit.remote.pr_number %} in [#{{ commit.remote.pr_number }}](https://github.com/mirumee/ariadne-codegen/pull/{{ commit.remote.pr_number }}){% endif %}){% endif %}
 {% endfor %}
 {%- endif -%}
 {% endfor %}
 {% if version %}
 ## What's Changed
 {% for commit in commits -%}
-* {{ commit.message | upper_first | trim }}{% if commit.remote.username %} by @{{ commit.remote.username }}{% endif %}{% if commit.remote.pr_number %} in [#{{ commit.remote.pr_number }}](https://github.com/mirumee/ariadne/pull/{{ commit.remote.pr_number }}){% endif %}
+* {{ commit.message | upper_first | trim }}{% if commit.remote.username %} by @{{ commit.remote.username }}{% endif %}{% if commit.remote.pr_number %} in [#{{ commit.remote.pr_number }}](https://github.com/mirumee/ariadne-codegen/pull/{{ commit.remote.pr_number }}){% endif %}
 {% endfor %}
 {%- if github.contributors is defined -%}
 {%- set new_contributors = github.contributors | filter(attribute="is_first_time", value=true) -%}
 {%- if new_contributors | length != 0 %}
 ### New Contributors
 {% for contributor in new_contributors -%}
-* @{{ contributor.username }} made their first contribution{% if contributor.pr_number %} in [#{{ contributor.pr_number }}](https://github.com/mirumee/ariadne/pull/{{ contributor.pr_number }}){% endif %}
+* @{{ contributor.username }} made their first contribution{% if contributor.pr_number %} in [#{{ contributor.pr_number }}](https://github.com/mirumee/ariadne-codegen/pull/{{ contributor.pr_number }}){% endif %}
 {% endfor %}
 {%- endif -%}
 {%- endif %}
-**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/mirumee/ariadne/compare/{{ previous.version }}...{{ version }}
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/mirumee/ariadne-codegen/compare/{{ previous.version }}...{{ version }}
 {% endif -%}
 """
 trim = true
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ sort_commits = "oldest"
 tag_pattern = "^[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+)?$"
 # Skip pre-release tags – their commits are folded into the next stable release
 skip_tags = "\\.(rc|dev)[0-9]*$"
-ignore_tags = "\\.(b|beta|alpha)[0-9]*$"
+ignore_tags = "\\.(a|b|alpha|beta)[0-9]*$"
 
 commit_parsers = [
     { message = "^feat", group = "✨ New Features" },

From cfa295c7225729a8fb8f22a3c043394b0c3e43f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "damian.czajkowski" <d0.czajkowski@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:01:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ci: generate correct release notes for pre-release tags

---
 .github/workflows/prepare_release.yml | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare_release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare_release.yml
index 8649a189..c27589a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare_release.yml
@@ -29,12 +29,25 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Determine release notes options
+        id: relopts
+        run: |
+          # Pre-release tags (e.g. 0.19.a1, 0.19.rc1) are excluded from cliff.toml's
+          # tag_pattern, so `--latest` would resolve to the previous stable tag. For
+          # those, generate notes for the unreleased range and label them with the tag.
+          if [[ "${{ github.ref_name }}" =~ (a|b|rc|alpha|beta|dev)[0-9]*$ ]]; then
+            echo "args=--unreleased --tag ${{ github.ref_name }} --strip all" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "prerelease=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "args=--latest --strip all" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "prerelease=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
       - name: Generate release notes
         id: release-notes
         uses: orhun/git-cliff-action@v4
         with:
           config: cliff.toml
-          args: --latest --strip all
+          args: ${{ steps.relopts.outputs.args }}
         env:
           OUTPUT: RELEASE_NOTES.md
           GITHUB_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
@@ -51,6 +64,7 @@ jobs:
           files: |
             ./dist/*
           draft: true
+          prerelease: ${{ steps.relopts.outputs.prerelease }}
           body_path: RELEASE_NOTES.md
       - name: Summary
         run: |