release.yml

# TODO: ENABLE / UNCOMMENT WHEN NPM_TOKEN IS SET in secrets REPO
name: release

on:
  push:
    branches: ["master"]
    paths-ignore:
      - '.devcontainer/**'
    tags-ignore: ['**']

jobs:
  tests:
    uses: ./.github/workflows/tests.yml
  tag-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: [tests]
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          # important, must be defined on checkout to kick publish
          token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
          # Full history needed for conventional-changelog to detect breaking changes
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Use Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: '20.x'

      - name: tag release
        run: |
          # ignore if commit message is chore(release): ...
          if [[ $(git log -1 --pretty=%B) =~ ^chore\(release\):.* ]]; then
            echo "Commit message starts with 'chore(release):', skipping release"
            exit 0
          fi

          git config --local user.email "creadbot@github.com"
          git config --local user.name "creadbot_github"

          npm install

          # Check for breaking changes in commits since last tag
          # Look for feat!:, fix!:, or BREAKING CHANGE in commit messages
          LAST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "")
          if [ -n "$LAST_TAG" ]; then
            RANGE="$LAST_TAG..HEAD"
          else
            RANGE="HEAD"
          fi

          # Check all commits (not just first-parent) for breaking changes
          if git log $RANGE --format="%B" | grep -qE "(^[a-z]+!:|BREAKING CHANGE:)"; then
            echo "Breaking change detected, forcing major version bump"
            npx commit-and-tag-version --release-as major
          else
            npx commit-and-tag-version
          fi

          # Pull any commits that landed during the test phase (e.g. dependabot merges)
          git pull --rebase origin master
          git push
          git push --tags