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gitea-release

A small command line tool to automate releases for Gitea repositories that reads from CHANGELOG and VERSION files. This is a clone of github-release, but more suited for my individual needs. This may also turn into a generic webhook handler, but one thing at a time. :)

Usage

To use this as a drone plugin, add the following to your .drone.yml under the steps key:

- name: auto-release
  image: xena/gitea-release:latest
  pull: always
  settings:
    auth_username: cadey
    changelog_path: ./CHANGELOG.md
    gitea_server: https://tulpa.dev
    gitea_token:
      from_secret: GITEA_TOKEN
  when:
    event:
      - push
    branch:
      - master

Replace the values of the settings as makes sense for your gitea server. The changelog_path attribute is optional, and will be ./CHANGELOG.md by default.

The default branch will automatically be derived from the Gitea API. If you need to hard-code your default branch name for some reason, add the default_branch setting like this:

  - name: auto-release
    image: xena/gitea-release:latest
    pull: always
    settings:
      auth_username: cadey
      default_branch: trunk
      gitea_server: https://tulpa.dev
      gitea_token:
        from_secret: GITEA_TOKEN
    when:
      event:
        - push
      branch:
        - trunk

CHANGELOG and VERSION files

The CHANGELOG.md file is based on the Keep a Changelog format, but modified slightly to make it easier for this tool. Here is an example changelog that this tool accepts:

# Changelog
All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).

## 0.1.0

Hi there this is a test!

### ADDED

- something

The VERSION file plays into this as well. The VERSION file MUST be a single line containing a semantic version string. When this tool is run with the release subcommand, the following actions take place:

The VERSION file is read and loaded as the desired tag for the repo
The CHANGELOG.md file is read and the changes for the VERSION are cherry-picked out of the file
The git repo is checked to see if that tag already exists
If the tag exists, the tool exits and does nothing
If the tag does not exist, it is created (with the changelog fragment as the body of the tag) and pushed to the gitea server
A gitea release is created using the changelog fragment and the release name is generated from the VERSION string

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