chore(ci): updated automatic release github action

.github/workflows/PR.yml

@@ -35,23 +35,3 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo build --verbose
       - name: Run tests
         run: cargo test --verbose
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0 # required for git-cliff
-
-      - name: Install git-cliff
-        run: cargo install git-cliff
-
-      - name: Generate changelog
-        run: git-cliff -o CHANGELOG.md
-
-      - name: Commit changelog
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "GitHub Actions"
-          git config user.email "actions@github.com"
-          git add CHANGELOG.md
-          git commit -m "chore: update changelog for release" || echo "no changes"
-
-      - name: Push changelog
-        run: git push origin main || echo "no changes"

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-name: Release
+name: Release Crate
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       level:
         description: "Release level (patch, minor, major)"
         required: true
+        default: patch
         type: choice
         options:
           - patch
@@ -14,40 +15,27 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   release:
-    name: Release Crate
+    name: Cargo Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
-      contents: write
+      contents: write # for pushing tags/commits
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout branch
+      - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
-          fetch-depth: 0 # required for git-cliff
+          fetch-depth: 0 # required for tagging and changelog
 
-      - name: Configure Git
+      - name: Setup Git identity
         run: |
           git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          cargo install cargo-release
-          cargo install git-cliff
-
-      - name: Generate Changelog
-        run: |
-          git cliff -o CHANGELOG.md
+      - name: Install cargo-release
+        run: cargo install cargo-release
 
-      - name: Commit Changelog
-        run: |
-          git add CHANGELOG.md
-          git commit -m "chore(changelog): update CHANGELOG.md for release" || echo "No changes to commit"
-          git push origin HEAD
-
-      - name: Perform Release
-        run: |
-          LEVEL="${{ github.event.inputs.level}}"
-          cargo release $LEVEL --execute --no-confirm
+      - name: Run cargo-release
         env:
-          CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN}}
+          CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          cargo release ${{ github.event.inputs.level }} --execute --no-confirm

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
-## [unreleased] - ReleaseDate
+## [1.2.0] - 2025-06-28
 
 ### ⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
 

release.toml

@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 pre-release-replacements = [
-    { file = "CHANGELOG.md", search = "unreleased", replace = "{{version}}" },
-    { file = "CHANGELOG.md", search = "ReleaseDate", replace = "{{date}}" },
+    { file = "README.md", search = "^paystack-rs = \".*\"$", replace = "{{crate_name}} = \"{{version}}\"" },
+    { file = "src/lib.rs", search = "^//!     paystack-rs = \".*\"$", replace = "//!    {{crate_name}} = \"{{version}}\"" },
+]
+pre-release-hook = [
+    "git",
+    "cliff",
+    "-o",
+    "CHANGELOG.md",
+    "--tag",
+    "{{version}}",
 ]
 
-# Configure the release process
 [release]
 sign-commit = false
 sign-tag = false
@@ -12,4 +19,4 @@ publish = true
 allow-branch = ["main"]
 consolidate-commits = false
 changelog = true
-changelog_command = "git cliff -o CHANGELOG.md -n"
+changelog_command = "cargo release changelog"