From bc33b97de1e63d4cbdfb214f7ef3f9fdcba22b82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Novak <interfect@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 09:46:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Stop auto-release changelogs from being too huge

---
 .github/workflows/release-automation.yml | 25 ++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-automation.yml b/.github/workflows/release-automation.yml
index 2b888a9ff2a9..69932580909b 100644
--- 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