8000 fix(release): cut release notes over GitHub's 125,000 character limit by adeelahmad · Pull Request #236 · adeelahmad/lense · GitHub
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fix(release): cut release notes over GitHub's 125,000 character limit #236

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Expand Up @@ -111,6 +111,21 @@ jobs:
run: |
python3 .github/scripts/release.py notes "$TAG" > notes.md
if [ -s notes.md ] && grep -q '[^[:space:]]' notes.md; then
# GitHub refuses notes over 125,000 characters: keep whole entries up to that and link the rest. This
# lives here, not in release.py, because this job runs the script as it was at the tag.
python3 - <<'EOF'
import os
from pathlib import Path

notes = Path("notes.md")
text = notes.read_text()
limit = 120_000
if len(text) > limit:
end = text.rfind("\n- ", 0, limit)
link = f"https://github.com/{os.environ['GH_REPO']}/blob/{os.environ['TAG']}/CHANGELOG.md"
notes.write_text(f"{text[: end if end > 0 else limit].rstrip()}\n\nThe rest is in [CHANGELOG.md]({link}).\n")
print(f"::notice::The notes were cut to fit; the rest is in {link}")
EOF
echo "NOTES=--notes-file=notes.md" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
else
echo "::warning::CHANGELOG.md has no ${TAG#v} section; the notes list the merged pull requests instead"
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