workflow: automatically generate changelog

.github/workflows/build_release.yaml

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         majorVer=$(cat VERSION)
+        lastReleasedVer=$(git tag --sort version:refname --list "v$majorVer.*" | tail -n1)
         lastVer=$(git tag --sort version:refname --list "v$majorVer.*" | tail -n1)
         if [[ -n "$lastVer" ]]; then
           newVer=(${lastVer//./ })
@@ -85,9 +86,15 @@ jobs:
           nextVer="v$majorVer.0"
         fi
         echo "MajorVer=$majorVer LastVer=$lastVer NextVer=$nextVer"
+        echo "GIT_LAST_VERSION=${lastReleasedVer//v/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "GIT_VERSION=${nextVer//v/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-    - name: Fix RELEASE.md version
-      run: sed -i 's|#{GIT_VERSION}|${{ env.GIT_VERSION }}|g' RELEASE.md
+    - name: Generate RELEASE details
+      run: |
+        echo "# Release ${{ env.GIT_VERSION }}" > RELEASE.tmp
+        echo "" >> RELEASE.tmp
+        git log --pretty="- %s (%h)" "${{ env.GIT_LAST_VERSION }}..HEAD" >> RELEASE.tmp
+        echo "" >> RELEASE.tmp
+        cat RELEASE.md >> RELEASE.tmp
     - name: 'Release debian files'
       uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
       with:
@@ -96,4 +103,4 @@ jobs:
         updateOnlyUnreleased: true
         generateReleaseNotes: true
         prerelease: true
-        bodyFile: RELEASE.md
+        bodyFile: RELEASE.tmp

RELEASE.md

@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# Release #{GIT_VERSION}
-
-- debian: support bookworm compilation
-
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