automatically generate release notes

Author: felipesu19

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -41,9 +41,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create PR
         run: |
+          LAST_PR=$(gh pr list --repo ${{ github.repository }} --limit 1 --state merged --search "Release version" --json number | jq -r '.[0].number')
+          RELEASE_NOTES=$(./scripts/workflows/release-notes.sh $LAST_PR ${{ env.new_version }})
           gh pr create \
-            --title "Release version ${{ inputs.version }}" \
-            --body "Release version ${{ inputs.version }}" \
+            --title "Release version ${{ env.new_version }}" \
+            --body $RELEASE_NOTES \
             --base main \
             --head release/${{ inputs.version }}
         env:

script/workflows/generate-release-notes.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# this script is used to generate release notes for a given release
+# first argument is the pull request id for the last release
+# the second is the new release number
+
+# the script then grabs every pull request merged since that pull request
+# and outputs a string of release notes
+
+echo "Generating release notes for $2"
+
+# get the last release pull request id
+LAST_RELEASE_PR=$1
+
+# get the new release number
+NEW_RELEASE=$2
+
+#get when the last release was merged
+LAST_RELEASE_MERGED_AT=$(gh pr view $LAST_RELEASE_PR --repo github/vscode-github-actions --json mergedAt  | jq -r '.mergedAt')
+
+CHANGELIST=$(gh pr list --repo github/vscode-github-actions --base main --state merged --json title --search "merged:>$LAST_RELEASE_MERGED_AT -label:no-release")
+
+# store the release notes in a variable so we can use it later
+
+RELEASE_NOTES="Release $NEW_RELEASE\n"
+
+UPDATED=$(echo $CHANGELIST | jq -r '.[].title' | while read line; do
+  echo " - $line \n";
+done)
+
+echo $UPDATED