Add automated release workflow with changelog integration#879
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Add automated release workflow with changelog integration#879
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Add automated release workflow with changelog integration
Feb 7, 2026
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Implements manual workflow for creating releases that automatically updates the changelog from unreleased entries, creates tags, and publishes releases with extracted release notes.
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Workflow (
.github/workflows/release.yml)workflow_dispatchwith version input (semantic versioning)Scripts
bin/prepare-release.sh: Moves[Unreleased]section content to new version header with current date using awkbin/extract-release-notes.sh: Extracts changelog content for specific version to populate release notesExample usage:
All scripts include validation and error handling for edge cases (empty unreleased section, duplicate versions, missing changelog).
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