Generate release notes using the new API

mislav · mislav · commit 1464a8a0f353 · 2021-10-14T20:22:38.000+02:00
https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/repos#generate-release-notes-content-for-a-release
diff --git a/.github/workflows/releases.yml b/.github/workflows/releases.yml
@@ -16,17 +16,23 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: 1.16
       - name: Generate changelog
+        id: changelog
         run: |
-          echo "GORELEASER_CURRENT_TAG=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          git fetch --unshallow
-          script/changelog | tee CHANGELOG.md
+          echo "::set-output name=tag-name::${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}"
+          gh api repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/releases/generate-notes \
+            -f tag_name="${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" \
+            -f target_commitish=trunk \
+            -q .body > CHANGELOG.md
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
       - name: Run GoReleaser
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v2
         with:
           version: v0.174.1
           args: release --release-notes=CHANGELOG.md
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+          GORELEASER_CURRENT_TAG: ${{steps.changelog.outputs.tag-name}}
       - name: Checkout documentation site
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
diff --git a/docs/releasing.md b/docs/releasing.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Releasing
 
-Our build system automatically compiles and attaches cross-platform binaries to any git tag named `vX.Y.Z`. The automated changelog is generated from commit messages starting with “Merge pull request …” that landed between this tag and the previous one (as determined topologically by git).
+Our build system automatically compiles and attaches cross-platform binaries to any git tag named `vX.Y.Z`. The changelog is [generated from git commit log](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/releasing-projects-on-github/automatically-generated-release-notes).
 
 Users who run official builds of `gh` on their machines will get notified about the new version within a 24 hour period.
 
diff --git a/script/changelog b/script/changelog
