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Add Release Note (bug): Apparently some anti-malware programs fiddle with the mode of stdout which [can lead to problems because expected output is missing](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/4890), which [was fixed](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/4901). #113

Add Release Note (bug): Apparently some anti-malware programs fiddle with the mode of stdout which [can lead to problems because expected output is missing](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/4890), which [was fixed](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/4901).

Add Release Note (bug): Apparently some anti-malware programs fiddle with the mode of stdout which [can lead to problems because expected output is missing](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/4890), which [was fixed](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/4901). #113

name: Add Release Note
run-name: 'Add Release Note (${{ inputs.type }}): ${{ inputs.message }}'
on:
workflow_dispatch:
inputs:
type:
description: The type of release note (must be blurb, feature or bug)
required: true
type: string
message:
description: The release note
required: true
type: string
jobs:
add-release-note:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
permissions:
contents: write
steps:
- name: Configure Git author
uses: actions/github-script@v7
with:
script: |
const username = '${{ github.triggering_actor }}'
const fallBackEmail = `${username.replace('[bot]', '-bot')}@users.noreply.github.com`
const { data: { name, email } } = await github.rest.users.getByUsername({ username })
core.exportVariable('GIT_AUTHOR_NAME', name || username)
core.exportVariable('GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', email || fallBackEmail)
core.exportVariable('GIT_COMMITTER_NAME', name || username)
core.exportVariable('GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', email || fallBackEmail)
- name: Partial & sparse clone
run: |
git clone --depth=1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout --single-branch \
-b ${{ github.ref_name }} https://github.com/${{ github.repository }} . &&
# need only `add-release-notes.js` and `ReleaseNotes.md`, really
git sparse-checkout set . &&
git checkout
- name: Add release note
env:
TYPE: ${{ github.event.inputs.type }}
MESSAGE: ${{ github.event.inputs.message }}
run: node ./add-release-note.js --commit "$TYPE" "$MESSAGE"
- name: Push updates
run: |
git -c http.extraHeader="Authorization: Basic $(printf 'x-access-token:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}' | base64 -w 0)" push origin HEAD