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130 changes: 130 additions & 0 deletions .github/workflows/generate-release-changelog.yml
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

name: Generate changelog on release

on:
release:
types: [published]
workflow_dispatch:
inputs:
tag:
description: 'Existing release tag to (re)generate changelog for (e.g., v33.0.4)'
required: true

permissions:
contents: write

jobs:
changelog_generate:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest

env:
RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag || github.ref_name }}

steps:
- name: Check actor permission
uses: skjnldsv/check-actor-permission@69e92a3c4711150929bca9fcf34448c5bf5526e7 # v3.0
with:
require: write

- name: Checkout github_helper
uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
with:
persist-credentials: false
repository: nextcloud/github_helper
path: github_helper

- name: Checkout server
uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
with:
persist-credentials: false
ref: ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
path: server
fetch-depth: 0

- name: Get previous tag
shell: bash
run: |
cd server
# Print all tags
git log --decorate --oneline | egrep 'tag: ' | sed -r 's/^.+tag: ([^,\)]+)[,\)].+$/\1/g'
# Get the current tag
TAGS=$(git log --decorate --oneline | egrep 'tag: ' | sed -r 's/^.+tag: ([^,\)]+)[,\)].+$/\1/g')
CURRENT_TAG=$(echo "$TAGS" | head -n 1)

# If current tag is the first beta, we use the previous major RC1
if echo "$CURRENT_TAG" | grep -q 'beta1'; then
MAJOR=$(echo "$CURRENT_TAG" | sed -E 's/^v([0-9]+).*/\1/')
PREV=$((MAJOR - 1))
PREVIOUS_TAG="v${PREV}.0.0rc1"
# Get the previous tag - filter pre-releases only if current tag is stable
elif echo "$CURRENT_TAG" | grep -q 'rc\|beta\|alpha'; then
# Current tag is pre-release, don't filter
PREVIOUS_TAG=$(echo "$TAGS" | sed -n '2p')
else
# Current tag is stable, filter out pre-releases
PREVIOUS_TAG=$(echo "$TAGS" | grep -v 'rc\|beta\|alpha' | sed -n '2p')
fi

echo "CURRENT_TAG=$CURRENT_TAG" >> $GITHUB_ENV
echo "PREVIOUS_TAG=$PREVIOUS_TAG" >> $GITHUB_ENV

# Since this action only runs on nextcloud-releases, ignoring is okay
- name: Verify current tag # zizmor: ignore[template-injection]
run: |
if [ "${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}" != "${{ env.CURRENT_TAG }}" ]; then
echo "Current tag does not match the release tag. Exiting."
exit 1
fi

- name: Set up php 8.2
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@9e72090525849c5e82e596468b86eb55e9cc5401 # v2.32.0
timeout-minutes: 5
with:
php-version: 8.2
coverage: none
ini-file: development
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

- name: Set credentials
run: |
echo '{"username": "github-actions"}' > github_helper/credentials.json

- name: Install github_helper dependencies
run: |
cd github_helper/changelog
composer install

# Since this action only runs on nextcloud-releases, ignoring is okay
- name: Generate forum changelog between ${{ env.PREVIOUS_TAG }} and ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }} # zizmor: ignore[template-injection]
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
run: |
cd github_helper/changelog
php index.php generate:changelog --no-bots --format=forum server ${{ env.PREVIOUS_TAG }} ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }} > changelog.md

# Since this action only runs on nextcloud-releases, ignoring is okay
- name: Generate HTML changelog between ${{ env.PREVIOUS_TAG }} and ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }} # zizmor: ignore[template-injection]
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
run: |
cd github_helper/changelog
php index.php generate:changelog --no-bots --format=html server ${{ env.PREVIOUS_TAG }} ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }} > "${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}.html"

# Since this action only runs on nextcloud-releases, ignoring is okay
- name: Set changelog to release # zizmor: ignore[template-injection]
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
run: |
cd server
gh release edit ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }} --notes-file "../github_helper/changelog/changelog.md" --title "${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}"

# Since this action only runs on nextcloud-releases, ignoring is okay
- name: Attach HTML changelog to release # zizmor: ignore[template-injection]
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
run: |
cd server
gh release upload ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }} "../github_helper/changelog/${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}.html" --clobber