feat: Create releases in CI (#2168)

Fix: https://github.com/XRPLF/clio/issues/1779

.github/scripts/prepare-release-artifacts.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -ex -o pipefail
+
+BINARY_NAME="clio_server"
+
+ARTIFACTS_DIR="$1"
+if [ -z "${ARTIFACTS_DIR}" ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <artifacts_directory>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+cd "${ARTIFACTS_DIR}" || exit 1
+
+for artifact_name in $(ls); do
+    pushd "${artifact_name}" || exit 1
+    zip -r "../${artifact_name}.zip" ./${BINARY_NAME}
+    popd || exit 1
+
+    rm "${artifact_name}/${BINARY_NAME}"
+    rm -r "${artifact_name}"
+
+    sha256sum "./${artifact_name}.zip" > "./${artifact_name}.zip.sha256sum"
+done

.github/workflows/nightly.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ on:
 
       - ".github/actions/**"
       - "!.github/actions/code_coverage/**"
+      - .github/scripts/prepare-release-artifacts.sh
 
 concurrency:
   # Only cancel in-progress jobs or runs for the current workflow - matches against branch & tags
@@ -96,7 +97,14 @@ jobs:
       overwrite_release: true
       title: "Clio development (nightly) build"
       version: nightly
-      notes_header_file: nightly_notes.md
+      header: >
+        # Release notes
+
+        > **Note:** Please remember that this is a development release and it is not recommended for production use.
+
+        Changelog (including previous releases): <https://github.com/XRPLF/clio/commits/nightly>
+      generate_changelog: false
+      draft: false
 
   build_and_publish_docker_image:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build_clio_docker_image.yml

.github/workflows/nightly_notes.md

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# Release notes
-
-> **Note:** Please remember that this is a development release and it is not recommended for production use.
-
-Changelog (including previous releases): <https://github.com/XRPLF/clio/commits/nightly>
-
-## SHA256 checksums

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+name: Create release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "*.*.*"
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - .github/workflows/release.yml
+
+concurrency:
+  # Only cancel in-progress jobs or runs for the current workflow - matches against branch & tags
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-test:
+    name: Build and Test
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - os: macos15
+            conan_profile: default_apple_clang
+            build_type: Release
+            static: false
+          - os: heavy
+            conan_profile: gcc
+            build_type: Release
+            static: true
+            container: '{ "image": "ghcr.io/xrplf/clio-ci:latest" }'
+
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+    with:
+      runs_on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+      container: ${{ matrix.container }}
+      conan_profile: ${{ matrix.conan_profile }}
+      build_type: ${{ matrix.build_type }}
+      static: ${{ matrix.static }}
+      run_unit_tests: true
+      run_integration_tests: true
+      upload_clio_server: true
+      disable_cache: true
+
+  release:
+    needs: build-and-test
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/release_impl.yml
+    with:
+      overwrite_release: false
+      title: "${{ github.ref_name}}"
+      version: "${{ github.ref_name }}"
+      header: >
+        # Introducing Clio version ${{ github.ref_name }}
+      generate_changelog: true
+      draft: true

.github/workflows/release_impl.yml

@@ -18,14 +18,26 @@ on:
         required: true
         type: string
 
-      notes_header_file:
-        description: "Release notes header file"
+      header:
+        description: "Release notes header"
         required: true
         type: string
 
+      generate_changelog:
+        description: "Generate changelog"
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+
+      draft:
+        description: "Create a draft release"
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+
 jobs:
   release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: heavy
+    container:
+      image: ghcr.io/xrplf/clio-ci:latest
     env:
       GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
@@ -35,29 +47,55 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Prepare runner
+        uses: ./.github/actions/prepare_runner
+        with:
+          disable_ccache: true
 
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           path: release_artifacts
           pattern: clio_server_*
 
-      - name: Prepare files
+      - name: Create release notes
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          printf '%s\n' "${{ inputs.header }}" > "${RUNNER_TEMP}/release_notes.md"
+
+      - name: Generate changelog
+        shell: bash
+        if: ${{ inputs.generate_changelog }}
+        run: |
+          LAST_TAG=$(gh release view --json tagName -q .tagName)
+          LAST_TAG_COMMIT=$(git rev-parse $LAST_TAG)
+          BASE_COMMIT=$(git merge-base HEAD $LAST_TAG_COMMIT)
+          git-cliff "${BASE_COMMIT}..HEAD" --ignore-tags "nightly|-b"
+          cat CHANGELOG.md >> "${RUNNER_TEMP}/release_notes.md"
+
+      - name: Prepare release artifacts
+        shell: bash
+        run: .github/scripts/prepare-release-artifacts.sh release_artifacts
+
+      - name: Append sha256 checksums
         shell: bash
         working-directory: release_artifacts
         run: |
-          cp ${{ github.workspace }}/.github/workflows/${{ inputs.notes_header_file }} "${RUNNER_TEMP}/release_notes.md"
-          echo '' >> "${RUNNER_TEMP}/release_notes.md"
-          echo '```' >> "${RUNNER_TEMP}/release_notes.md"
+          {
+            echo '## SHA256 checksums'
+            echo
+            echo '```'
+            cat *.sha256sum
+            echo '```'
+          } >> "${RUNNER_TEMP}/release_notes.md"
 
-          for d in $(ls); do
-            archive_name=$(ls $d)
-            mv ${d}/${archive_name} ./
-            rm -r $d
-            sha256sum ./$archive_name > ./${archive_name}.sha256sum
-            cat ./$archive_name.sha256sum >> "${RUNNER_TEMP}/release_notes.md"
-          done
-
-          echo '```' >> "${RUNNER_TEMP}/release_notes.md"
+      - name: Upload release notes
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: release_notes_${{ inputs.version }}
+          path: "${RUNNER_TEMP}/release_notes.md"
 
       - name: Remove current release and tag
         if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && inputs.overwrite_release }}
@@ -74,5 +112,6 @@ jobs:
             ${{ inputs.overwrite_release && '--prerelease' || '' }} \
             --title "${{ inputs.title }}" \
             --target $GITHUB_SHA \
+            ${{ inputs.draft && '--draft' || '' }} \
             --notes-file "${RUNNER_TEMP}/release_notes.md" \
             ./release_artifacts/clio_server*

cliff.toml

@@ -8,15 +8,24 @@
 [changelog]
 # template for the changelog header
 header = """
-# Changelog\n
-All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.\n
 """
 # template for the changelog body
 # https://keats.github.io/tera/docs/#introduction
+
 body = """
 {% if version %}\
-    ## [{{ version | trim_start_matches(pat="v") }}] - {{ timestamp | date(format="%Y-%m-%d") }}
+  Version {{ version | trim_start_matches(pat="v") }} of Clio, an XRP Ledger API server optimized for HTTP and WebSocket API calls, is now available.
 {% else %}\
+  Clio, an XRP Ledger API server optimized for HTTP and WebSocket API calls, is under active development.
+{% endif %}\
+
+<!-- Please, remove one of the 2 following lines -->
+This release adds new features and bug fixes.
+This release adds bug fixes.
+\
+{% if version %}
+    ## [{{ version | trim_start_matches(pat="v") }}] - {{ timestamp | date(format="%Y-%m-%d") }}
+{% else %}
     ## [unreleased]
 {% endif %}\
 {% for group, commits in commits | filter(attribute="merge_commit", value=false) | group_by(attribute="group") %}