automate release notes

.github/actions/get-current-version/action.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: "Get the current version from a file and the git short sha"
 outputs:
   version:
     description: "Version"
-    value: ${{ steps.get-current-version.outputs.version }}
+    value: ${{ steps.set-current-version.outputs.version }}
   gitShortSha:
     description: "Git short sha"
     value: ${{ steps.set-git-short-sha.outputs.gitShortSha }}
@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@ runs:
       id: set-git-short-sha
       shell: bash
       run: echo "gitShortSha=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      
+
     - name: Set image tag
       id: set-image-tag
       shell: bash
       run: echo "imageTag=$(cat version.txt)-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-

.github/actions/release-to-git/action.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: Create release in github
+
+description: Create a release to git if the version has been bumped in the version.txt file
+
+inputs:
+  GITHUB_TOKEN:
+    description: "GitHub token"
+    required: true
+    default: ${{ github.token }}
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Get version
+      id: get-version
+      uses: ./.github/actions/get-current-version
+
+    - name: fetch tags
+      shell: bash
+      run: git fetch --tags
+
+    - name: set latest tag
+      shell: bash
+      id: set-latest-tag
+      run: |
+        echo "latestTag=$(git tag | sort --version-sort | tail -n1)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+    - name: Create release
+      shell: bash
+      if: ${{ !(steps.set-latest-tag.outputs.latestTag == steps.get-version.outputs.version) }}
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        TAG: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}
+      run: |
+        gh release create "$TAG" --title="v${{steps.get-version.outputs.version}}" --generate-notes --target feat/automatic-release-notes

.github/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - ignore-for-release
+  categories:
+    - title: Breaking Changes 🛠
+      labels:
+        - kind/breaking-change
+    - title: New Features 🎉
+      labels:
+        - kind/feature
+    - title: Bugfixes 🐛
+      labels:
+        - kind/bug
+    - title: Other Changes
+      labels:
+        - kind/other
+        - kind/user-story
+    - title: Dependency Upgrades 📦
+      labels:
+        - kind/dependencies
+    - title: Uncategorized changes
+      labels:
+        - "*"

.github/workflows/ci-cd.yaml

@@ -108,3 +108,21 @@ jobs:
       hasAzureChanges: ${{ needs.check-for-changes.outputs.hasAzureChanges }}
       hasBackendChanges: ${{ needs.check-for-changes.outputs.hasBackendChanges }}
       hasMigrationChanges: ${{ needs.check-for-changes.outputs.hasMigrationChanges }}
+
+  release-to-git:  
+    name: release to git
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [check-for-changes, deploy-production]
+    if: ${{ needs.check-for-changes.outputs.hasBackendChanges == 'true' && !failure() && !cancelled()}}
+    permissions: 
+      id-token: write
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: release
+        if: (!failure() && !cancelled())
+        uses: ./.github/actions/release-to-git
+        with:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

README-infrastructure.md

@@ -101,4 +101,7 @@ https://pedia.altinn.cloud/altinn-3/ops/release-and-deploy/api-management/
 
 
 ## After deployment of infrastructure
-It's important to check that Microsoft Defender is enabled for all blob storages in the environment. 
+It's important to check that Microsoft Defender is enabled for all blob storages in the environment. 
+
+## Create release notes
+If the version in version.txt is bumped, a new release in github will automaticly be created the next time the production environment is deployed.