Convert release-branches.py to TypeScript

Author: mbg

package-lock.json

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/** The oldest supported major version of the CodeQL Action. */
+export const OLDEST_SUPPORTED_MAJOR_VERSION = 3;

pr-checks/config.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     "yaml": "^2.8.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@actions/core": "*",
     "@types/node": "^20.19.9",
     "tsx": "^4.21.0",
     "typescript": "^5.9.3"

pr-checks/package.json

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+#!/usr/bin/env npx tsx
+
+import { parseArgs } from "node:util";
+
+import * as core from "@actions/core";
+
+import { OLDEST_SUPPORTED_MAJOR_VERSION } from "./config";
+
+async function main() {
+  const { values: options } = parseArgs({
+    options: {
+      // The major version of the release
+      "major-version": {
+        type: "string",
+      },
+      // The most recent tag published to the repository
+      "latest-tag": {
+        type: "string",
+      },
+    },
+    strict: true,
+  });
+
+  if (options["major-version"] === undefined) {
+    throw Error("--major-version is required");
+  }
+  if (options["latest-tag"] === undefined) {
+    throw Error("--latest-tag is required");
+  }
+
+  const majorVersion = Number.parseInt(options["major-version"].substring(1));
+  const latestTag = options["latest-tag"];
+
+  console.log(`major_version: v${majorVersion}`);
+  console.log(`latest_tag: ${latestTag}`);
+
+  // If this is a primary release, we backport to all supported branches,
+  // so we check whether the major_version taken from the package.json
+  // is greater than or equal to the latest tag pulled from the repo.
+  // For example...
+  //     'v1' >= 'v2' is False # we're operating from an older release branch and should not backport
+  //     'v2' >= 'v2' is True  # the normal case where we're updating the current version
+  //     'v3' >= 'v2' is True  # in this case we are making the first release of a new major version
+  const latestTagMajor = Number.parseInt(latestTag.split(".")[0].substring(1));
+  const considerBackports = majorVersion >= latestTagMajor;
+
+  core.setOutput("backport_source_branch", `releases/v${majorVersion}`);
+
+  const backportTargetBranches: string[] = [];
+
+  if (considerBackports) {
+    for (let i = latestTagMajor - 1; i > 0; i--) {
+      const branch_name = `releases/v${i}`;
+      if (i >= OLDEST_SUPPORTED_MAJOR_VERSION) {
+        backportTargetBranches.push(branch_name);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  core.setOutput(
+    "backport_target_branches",
+    JSON.stringify(backportTargetBranches),
+  );
+
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
+// Only call `main` if this script was run directly.
+if (require.main === module) {
+  void main();
+}