From 399168e4eb3a17352d90607d817b49e0e4338756 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jean-Luc Makiola <business@jeanlucmakiola.de>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 21:39:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] **feat(ci):** enhance release workflow with changelog
 generation and detailed release body

- Add `jq` dependency for JSON manipulation
- Automatically generate changelog from Git history for releases
- Refactor release body to include Docker image details and formatted changelog

Changelog: other
---
 .gitea/workflows/release.yml | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 5d2b7d3..e073de1 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       DOCKER_HOST: tcp://dind:2375
     steps:
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: apk add --no-cache git curl
+        run: apk add --no-cache git curl jq
 
       - name: Checkout with full history
         run: |
@@ -106,8 +106,25 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create Gitea release
         run: |
+          REGISTRY="${{ gitea.server_url }}"
+          REGISTRY="${REGISTRY#https://}"
+          REGISTRY="${REGISTRY#http://}"
+          IMAGE="$REGISTRY/$(echo '${{ gitea.repository }}' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+
+          PREV_TAG=$(git tag --sort=-version:refname | { grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$' || true; } | sed -n '2p')
+          if [ -n "$PREV_TAG" ]; then
+            CHANGELOG=$(git log --pretty=format:"- %s" "${PREV_TAG}..HEAD")
+          else
+            CHANGELOG=$(git log --pretty=format:"- %s")
+          fi
+
+          BODY=$(printf '## Docker Image\n```\ndocker pull %s:%s\n```\n\n## Changelog\n%s' "$IMAGE" "$NEW_VERSION" "$CHANGELOG")
+
+          jq -n --arg tag "$NEW_VERSION" --arg name "$NEW_VERSION" --arg body "$BODY" \
+            '{tag_name: $tag, name: $name, body: $body}' > /tmp/release.json
+
           curl -s -X POST \
             -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}" \
             -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
             "${{ gitea.server_url }}/api/v1/repos/${{ gitea.repository }}/releases" \
-            -d "{\"tag_name\": \"$NEW_VERSION\", \"name\": \"$NEW_VERSION\", \"generate_release_notes\": true}"
+            -d @/tmp/release.json