Stop auto-release changelogs from being too huge

fork-maintainers · May 10, 2022 · bc33b97 · bc33b97
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commit bc33b97
Showing 1 changed file with 15 additions and 10 deletions.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-automation.yml b/.github/workflows/release-automation.yml
@@ -37,16 +37,21 @@ jobs:
           PREVIOUS_RELEASE_TAG=$(git tag --list iceraven-* --sort=-creatordate | tail -n+2 | head -n 1)
 
           echo "## Automated release of version ${{ github.event.ref }} browser" >>temp_changelog.md
-          echo "<details>" >>temp_changelog.md
-          echo "<summary>Click to expand</summary>" >>temp_changelog.md
-          echo " " >>temp_changelog.md
-          echo "This is an automated release, consisting of the following changes:" >>temp_changelog.md
-          echo "### Change log (commit history since previous release)" >>temp_changelog.md
-          echo " " >>temp_changelog.md
-          git log ${{ github.event.ref }}...$PREVIOUS_RELEASE_TAG --pretty='format:%C(auto)%h (%as) %s' >>temp_changelog.md
-          echo " " >>temp_changelog.md
-          echo " " >>temp_changelog.md
-          echo "</details>" >>temp_changelog.md
+          if [[ "$(git log | grep $PREVIOUS_RELEASE_TAG | wc -l)" != "0" ]] ; then
+            # There's a path from the previous release to now
+            echo "<details>" >>temp_changelog.md
+            echo "<summary>Click to expand</summary>" >>temp_changelog.md
+            echo " " >>temp_changelog.md
+            echo "This is an automated release, consisting of the following changes:" >>temp_changelog.md
+            echo "### Change log (commit history since previous release)" >>temp_changelog.md
+            echo " " >>temp_changelog.md
+            git log ${{ github.event.ref }}...$PREVIOUS_RELEASE_TAG --pretty='format:%C(auto)%h (%as) %s' | head -n 1000 >>temp_changelog.md
+            echo " " >>temp_changelog.md
+            echo " " >>temp_changelog.md
+            echo "</details>" >>temp_changelog.md
+          else
+            echo "This is an automated release, not directly descended from the previous release." >>temp_changelog.md
+          fi
           echo "**NOTE**: @fork-maintainers, you can edit these auto-generated release notes with a more user-friendly summary of the key changes, if needed." >>temp_changelog.md
           echo " " >>temp_changelog.md