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The release flow every klib now shares, with kzstd as the reference. The changelog plugin dropped prose under ### headings from both CHANGELOG.md and the release notes, and the workflow gated on one named job and never looked for a -SNAPSHOT dependency, which is what kept TAK 0.9.2 off Central.

  • scripts/changelog.sh cut|notes replaces patchChangelog/getChangelog; the plugin is gone
  • release.yml takes version and dry_run, refuses a commit off main, waits for every ruleset-required check, refuses a -SNAPSHOT in the staged POMs, attests every module, and tags only after the gates
  • RELEASING.md, CONTRIBUTING.md and AGENTS.md describe the new flow

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  • Release Process

    • Releases can be started manually or with a version tag. Dry runs validate releases without tagging, publishing artifacts, or creating a release.
    • Release checks verify version and tag consistency, successful CI, and that dependencies are not snapshots. Existing versions on Maven Central are not published again.
    • Release notes come from the matching changelog section, which can be prepared and previewed before release.
  • Documentation

    • Updated release and contribution guidance to reflect the release steps and changelog format.

…og verbatim

The changelog plugin's patchChangelog and getChangelog re-render CHANGELOG.md
from a model that keeps only list items, dropping prose under ### headings
from the file and from release notes. scripts/changelog.sh cuts and reads
sections without re-rendering, and the plugin is removed.

release.yml takes a version and a dry_run input, refuses a commit off main,
waits for every check the main ruleset requires instead of one named job,
refuses a -SNAPSHOT dependency in the staged POMs before anything is tagged,
attests every module's artifacts, and pushes the tag only after the gates.

Signed-off-by: James Rich <2199651+jamesarich@users.noreply.github.com>
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Walkthrough

The release workflow supports manual and tag-triggered releases, version and CI checks, dry runs, artifact validation, and conditional publishing. New scripts cut changelog sections, extract release notes, and check CI and snapshot dependencies. Release guidance and Gradle changelog configuration were updated.

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Release workflow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Changelog preparation and notes
scripts/changelog.sh, build.gradle.kts, gradle/libs.versions.toml, AGENTS.md, CONTRIBUTING.md
The script adds cut and notes commands. The Gradle changelog plugin and its configuration were removed. Contributor and publishing guidance now describes the script-based changelog process.
Release inputs and preflight checks
.github/workflows/release.yml, scripts/release-checks.sh, RELEASING.md
The workflow accepts a version and optional dry run, validates version and commit state, loads release notes, and checks required CI. The release-check script polls CI and checks staged files for snapshot dependencies. The release guide documents release inputs and preflight steps.
Build and artifact validation
.github/workflows/release.yml
The workflow builds and tests all targets, stages signed artifacts, rejects snapshot dependencies, and collects supported artifacts for the selected version.
Attest and publish release
.github/workflows/release.yml, RELEASING.md
Non-dry runs attest artifacts, check Maven Central with retries, create a tag if needed, publish if the version is not already published, and create or update the GitHub Release. The release guide documents the workflow and post-release verification.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix

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  participant ReleaseWorkflow
  participant ChangelogScript
  participant ReleaseChecks
  participant GitHubChecks
  ReleaseWorkflow->>ChangelogScript: Extract notes for selected version
  ChangelogScript-->>ReleaseWorkflow: Return release notes
  ReleaseWorkflow->>ReleaseChecks: Check required CI for commit
  ReleaseChecks->>GitHubChecks: Poll required checks
  GitHubChecks-->>ReleaseChecks: Return check conclusions
  ReleaseChecks-->>ReleaseWorkflow: Return check result
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A tag-triggered release can leave a version tag behind when validation fails. Resolve or explicitly accept that exception to gated tag creation before merging.

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The change affects 6 systems.

Changed systems: scripts, AGENTS.md, build.gradle.kts, CONTRIBUTING.md, gradle, RELEASING.md

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  • observed — scripts (service) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.
  • observed — AGENTS.md (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
  • observed — build.gradle.kts (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
  • observed — CONTRIBUTING.md (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

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  • observed — Modified behavior in AGENTS.md: The publishing guidance replaces the tag-driven release description with a merged release PR followed by a release.yml dispatch, and adds scripts/changelog.sh as the way to cut changelog sections.
  • observed — Modified behavior in CONTRIBUTING.md: The guidance replaces the JetBrains plugin’s parsing and rendering description with the statement that scripts/changelog.sh reads sections without re-rendering and preserves prose under headings.
  • observed — Modified behavior in CONTRIBUTING.md: The text now says Breaking comes first in a section, replacing the statement that it leads the group order.
  • observed — Modified behavior in CONTRIBUTING.md: The release-body instructions replace the Gradle getChangelog rendering command with scripts/changelog.sh notes X.Y.Z and link to RELEASING.md; GitHub’s generate_release_notes remains off.
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Inline comments:
Review comments at @.github/workflows/release.yml:
- Line 159: Update the Central probe logic in the release workflow so it sets
published=false only when Central confirms the version is absent with HTTP 404;
fail the workflow on other non-success HTTP responses instead of treating them
as unpublished.
- Around line 3-4: Update the release workflow trigger so tags are created only
through the gated manual-dispatch path; remove the `v*` push trigger that
creates tags before the gates run.

Review comments at @scripts/changelog.sh:
- Line 39: Update the reference-link check in section() so it stops only at the
actual changelog footer, not at reference-link definitions within a release
section. Preserve those definitions and all following release prose in the
GitHub Release output.

Review comments at @scripts/release-checks.sh:
- Line 39: Update the check-run conclusion selection in the `$check` query to
evaluate all matching runs rather than taking `first`, so a successful run
cannot hide a failing or pending run; preserve the empty-result behavior when no
runs are returned.
- Around line 38-39: Update the check evaluation around the `conclusion` lookup
to query both check runs and commit statuses for each required context, and
treat a failing status as failure even when a same-named check run succeeds.
Grant the job the read permission required for the commit-status query.

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- the Central probe treats only a 404 as unpublished and stops on any other answer
- a dispatch takes the bare version, so one release has one concurrency group
- green-ci decides from the newest run of each check and falls back to the
  commit status for a status-only context
- changelog.sh treats only the trailing block of link definitions as the
  footer, so a definition inside a section stays in the release notes

Signed-off-by: James Rich <2199651+jamesarich@users.noreply.github.com>
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green-ci reads the app each required check is pinned to from the main ruleset
and accepts only a run from that app, as the ruleset does; a context with no
pinned app may still be a commit status.

Signed-off-by: James Rich <2199651+jamesarich@users.noreply.github.com>
…eting tags

Signed-off-by: James Rich <2199651+jamesarich@users.noreply.github.com>
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jamesarich added this pull request to the merge queue Oct 3, 2026
Merged via the queue into main with commit 956183e Oct 3, 2026
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