Meta: do not create tag when there are no public changes

[suft]

Check list

• I have performed a self-review of my code
• I have commented my code in hard-to-understand areas
• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation

Description

• Related to Meta: do not create release when there are no public changes #401
• Closes missing forgit-24.12.0.tar.gz for 24.12.0 tag #413

Type of change

• Bug fix
• New feature
• Refactor
• Breaking change
• Documentation change

Test environment

• Shell
  • bash
  • zsh
  • fish
• OS
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  • Mac OS X
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[suft]

Do we want to check all the commit messages between the last tag and head for the Meta prefix?
If all are Meta we exit else we create a new tag.

If that's the case I have the fix stashed and I can update this PR with that approach.

[sandr01d]

Hey @suft, thanks for helping out with this!

Do we want to check all the commit messages between the last tag and head for the Meta prefix?
If all are Meta we exit else we create a new tag.

If that's the case I have the fix stashed and I can update this PR with that approach.

Yes, I think that is the behavior we'd want. Ideally we'd match the Meta prefix case insensitive.

[carlfriedrich]

Thanks @suft for your take on this. While this is definitely a quick fix for the problem, I do not find it optimal because it duplicates the logic we already have in changelog.sh.
In order to keep the code DRY I would prefer combining the two scripts into one, since tagging and releasing should always go hand in hand anyway.
I can offer to implement this, as I already have the idea in mind, but I think I won't have time for this until after Christmas.