Use a GitHub Action to generate the changelog (#9434) [skip ci]

* Use a GitHub Action to generate the changelog

* Update main.workflow [skip ci]

.github/actions/trigger-github-release/Dockerfile

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+FROM node:10
+
+LABEL "name" = "trigger-github-release"
+LABEL "version" = "0.0.1"
+
+LABEL "com.github.actions.name" = "Trigger GitHub release"
+LABEL "com.github.actions.description" = "Trigger a new GitHub release and generate the changelog using lerna-changelog."
+LABEL "com.github.actions.icon" = "tag"
+LABEL "com.github.actions.color" = "yellow"
+
+ADD entrypoint.sh /action/entrypoint.sh
+ADD package.json /action/package.json
+ADD package-lock.json /action/package-lock.json
+ADD release.js /action/release.js
+
+RUN chmod +x /action/entrypoint.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/action/entrypoint.sh"]

.github/actions/trigger-github-release/entrypoint.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+echo "INFO: Installing action dependencies..."
+(cd /action; npm ci)
+
+echo "INFO: Checking out current tag..."
+git -c advice.detachedHead=false checkout $GITHUB_REF
+
+echo "INFO: Getting tag info..."
+current_tag=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)
+last_tag=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags HEAD^)
+echo "INFO: New version is $current_tag; last version is $last_tag."
+
+echo "INFO: Generating the changelog..."
+
+# lerna-changelog expects the token to be provided as GITHUB_AUTH,
+# but GitHub actions don't allow to predefine custom env vars prefixed with
+# GITHUB_. We need to define it here.
+changelog=$(
+  GITHUB_AUTH="$GITHUB_TOKEN" \
+  node /action/node_modules/.bin/lerna-changelog --tag-from $last_tag --tag-to $current_tag
+)
+
+echo "INFO: Publishing the new GitHub release..."
+echo "$changelog" | node /action/release $current_tag
+
+echo "INFO: Done! Don't forget to thank new contributors :)"

.github/actions/trigger-github-release/package.json

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+{
+    "private": true,
+    "name": "@internal/trigger-github-release",
+    "version": "0.0.1",
+    "author": "Nicolò Ribaudo <nicolo.ribaudo@gmail.com>",
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "dependencies": {
+        "@octokit/rest": "^16.3.0",
+        "get-stdin": "^6.0.0",
+        "lerna-changelog": "^0.8.2"
+    }
+}

.github/actions/trigger-github-release/release.js

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+"use strict";
+
+const [ /* node */, /* file */, tag ] = process.argv;
+
+const getStdin = require("get-stdin");
+const octokit = require("@octokit/rest")();
+
+octokit.authenticate({
+  type: "token",
+  token: process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN
+});
+
+const [ repoOwner, repoName ] = process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY.split("/");
+
+getStdin()
+  .then(changelog => octokit.repos.createRelease({
+    owner: repoOwner,
+    repo: repoName,
+    tag_name: tag,
+    body: changelog,
+  }))
+  .catch(err => {
+    console.error(err);
+    process.exit(1);
+  });

.github/main.workflow

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+workflow "Release" {
+  on = "push"
+  resolves = ["Trigger GitHub release"]
+}
+
+action "Trigger GitHub release" {
+  uses = "./.github/actions/trigger-github-release/"
+  secrets = ["GITHUB_TOKEN"]
+
+  # When GitHub Actions will support the "release" event for public
+  # repositories, we won't need these checks anymore.
+  needs = [
+    "Is version tag",
+    "On master branch",
+  ]
+}
+
+action "Is version tag" {
+  uses = "actions/bin/filter@master"
+  args = "tag v*"
+}
+
+action "On master branch" {
+  uses = "actions/bin/filter@master"
+  args = "branch master"
+}

.gitignore

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 .DS_Store
 /node_modules
+/.github/actions/*/node_modules
 /packages/*/node_modules
 /packages/*/LICENSE
 !/packages/babel-parser/LICENSE
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 dist
 /.package.json
 package-lock.json
+!/.github/actions/*/package-lock.json
 
 /packages/babel-runtime/helpers/*.js
 !/packages/babel-runtime/helpers/toArray.js