Merge pull request #95 from CSA-FEDERATE/Rework_release_workflow

Rework release workflow

Author: prillerp

.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ jobs:
           with:
             ssh-key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_KEY }}
             ref: main
+            fetch-depth: 0
         - run: echo "The ${{ github.repository }} repository has been cloned to the runner."
         - name: List files in the repository
           run: |
@@ -30,6 +31,24 @@ jobs:
               pip install pandas openpyxl
         - name: execute py script 
           run: python other/scripts/output_file_generator.py ${{github.workspace}}
+        - name: generate release notes
+          shell: bash
+          run: |
+            START_DATE=$(date -d "$(date +%Y-%m-01) -1 month" +%Y-%m-01)
+            END_DATE=$(date -d "$(date +%Y-%m-01) -1 day" +%Y-%m-%d)
+
+            MONTH_LABEL=$(date -d "$START_DATE" +'%B %Y:')
+
+            echo "# Commits in $MONTH_LABEL" > RELEASE_NOTES.md
+            echo "" >> RELEASE_NOTES.md
+
+            git log \
+            --since="$START_DATE" \
+            --until="$END_DATE 23:59:59" \
+            --date=format:'%a %b %e' \
+            --pretty=format:'- %ad — %s (%an)' \
+            >> RELEASE_NOTES.md
+
         - name: determine tag name
           id: vars
           shell: bash
@@ -42,6 +61,7 @@ jobs:
           with:
             tag_name: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.tag }}
             name: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.release_name }}
-            generate_release_notes: true
+            generate_release_notes: false
+            body_path: RELEASE_NOTES.md
             files: |
               output.xlsx