chore(changelog): update changelog for v2.0.1

- Updates the release action version for compatibility
- Adds support for releasing from non-main branches

.gitea/actions/with-post-step/action.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+name: "with-post-step"
+description: "Runs a main command and, afterwards, a post command."
+inputs:
+  main: { description: "Command for the main step", required: true }
+  post: { description: "Command for the post step", required: true }
+  key: { description: "State key", default: POST }
+
+runs:
+  using: node20
+  main: main.js
+  post: main.js

.gitea/actions/with-post-step/main.js

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+const { spawn } = require("child_process");
+const { appendFileSync } = require("fs");
+const { EOL } = require("os");
+
+function run(cmd) {
+  const proc = spawn(cmd, { stdio: "inherit", shell: true });
+  proc.on("exit", code => process.exitCode = code);
+}
+
+const key = process.env.INPUT_KEY.toUpperCase();
+if (process.env[`STATE_${key}`] !== undefined) {
+  // ---------- POST ----------
+  run(process.env.INPUT_POST);
+} else {
+  // ---------- MAIN ----------
+  appendFileSync(process.env.GITHUB_STATE, `${key}=true${EOL}`);
+  run(process.env.INPUT_MAIN);
+}

.gitea/workflows/release.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Release
-        uses: https://git.0xmax42.io/actions/auto-changelog-release-action@v0.3.0
+        uses: https://git.0xmax42.io/actions/auto-changelog-release-action@v0
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PUBLISH_TOKEN }}
+          allow_non_main_release: "true"

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,31 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [2.0.1](https://git.0xmax42.io/actions/auto-changelog-release-action/compare/v0.4.3..v2.0.1) - 2025-07-04
+
+### 🚀 Features
+
+- *(workflows)* Allow non-main branch releases - ([09e4174](https://git.0xmax42.io/actions/auto-changelog-release-action/commit/09e41744fbf920c0253e13644cb38f1dd430c0f3))
+- *(actions)* Add post-step support for composite actions - ([543b311](https://git.0xmax42.io/actions/auto-changelog-release-action/commit/543b311d1eb1fb83e8e0ef4014c549e61a863038))
+
+## [0.4.3](https://git.0xmax42.io/actions/auto-changelog-release-action/compare/v0.4.2..v0.4.3) - 2025-06-29
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- *(script)* Use dynamic branch name for git push - ([27ee174](https://git.0xmax42.io/actions/auto-changelog-release-action/commit/27ee1746dbc7b2c6c1564a04c024337ff158a9c5))
+
+## [0.4.2](https://git.0xmax42.io/actions/auto-changelog-release-action/compare/v0.4.1..v0.4.2) - 2025-06-29
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- *(action)* Update conditions for version detection - ([c25b2e9](https://git.0xmax42.io/actions/auto-changelog-release-action/commit/c25b2e9cd551e923b84cd144b818940fd5e1ccff))
+
+## [0.4.1](https://git.0xmax42.io/actions/auto-changelog-release-action/compare/v0.4.0..v0.4.1) - 2025-06-29
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- *(action)* Standardize input key naming - ([cbcd5e2](https://git.0xmax42.io/actions/auto-changelog-release-action/commit/cbcd5e2ab7e7f2498021d5043da9999f62dcf44d))
+
 ## [0.4.0](https://git.0xmax42.io/actions/auto-changelog-release-action/compare/v0.3.6..v0.4.0) - 2025-06-29
 
 ### 🚀 Features

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.4.0
+2.0.1

action.yml

@@ -1,66 +1,46 @@
-name: Auto Changelog & Release
+name: "Auto Changelog & Release"
-description: "One-stop composite action for version-bump detection, changelog generation and Gitea release."
+description: "Detects version bump and, in post-step, writes changelog or publishes release."
 
 inputs:
-  token:
+  token: { description: "Gitea/GitHub PAT", default: "" }
-    description: "Gitea/GitHub PAT für Release-API"
+  author_name: { description: "Commit author", default: "" }
-    required: false
+  author_email: { description: "Commit e-mail", default: "" }
-    default: ""
+  allow_non_main_release:
-  author_name:
+    description: "Allow release on branches ≠ main"
-    description: "Commit-Autorname"
-    required: false
-    default: ""
-  author_email:
-    description: "Commit-Autore-Mail"
-    required: false
-    default: ""
-  allow-non-main-release:
-    description: "Allow publishing releases from branches other than 'main'."
-    required: false
     default: "false"
 
+outputs:
+  release:
+    description: "true if VERSION changed"
+    value: ${{ steps.detect.outputs.version_changed }}
+
 runs:
-  using: "composite"
+  using: composite
   steps:
-    - name: Detect version change
+    - id: detect
-      shell: bash
+      name: Detect version change + queue post work
-      id: detect
+      uses: ./.gitea/actions/with-post-step
-      env:
+      with:
-        GITHUB_EVENT_BEFORE: ${{ github.event.before || '' }}
+        key: AUTOCHANGELOG
-        GITHUB_SHA: ${{ github.sha || '' }}
+        #################### MAIN ####################
-        GITHUB_REF: ${{ github.ref || '' }}
+        main: |
-        ALLOW_NON_MAIN_RELEASE: ${{ inputs.allow-non-main-release }}
+          ${{ github.action_path }}/scripts/detect-version-change.sh
-      run: |
+        #################### POST ####################
-        ${{ github.action_path }}/scripts/detect-version-change.sh
+        post: |
-
+          #!/usr/bin/env bash
-    - name: Read CLIFF_VERSION
+          set -euo pipefail
-      shell: bash
+          # VERSION_CHANGED kommt aus detect-Script via $GITHUB_ENV
-      id: cliff_version
+          CLIFF_VERSION="$(
-      run: |
+            ${{ github.action_path }}/scripts/read-cliff-version.sh | tail -n1
-        ${{ github.action_path }}/scripts/read-cliff-version.sh
+          )"
-
+          "${{ github.action_path }}/scripts/install-git-cliff.sh" "$CLIFF_VERSION"
-    - name: Install git-cliff
+          "${{ github.action_path }}/scripts/setup-git.sh" \
-      shell: bash
+            "${{ inputs.author_name }}" "${{ inputs.author_email }}"
-      run: |
+          if [[ "${VERSION_CHANGED:-false}" == "true" ]]; then
-        ${{ github.action_path }}/scripts/install-git-cliff.sh "${{ steps.cliff_version.outputs.version }}"
+            # --- Release-Pfad ---
-
+            RELEASE_PUBLISH_TOKEN='${{ inputs.token }}' \
-    - name: Set up git
+              "${{ github.action_path }}/scripts/release-from-version.sh"
-      shell: bash
+          else
-      run: |
+            # --- Nur Changelog aktualisieren ---
-        ${{ github.action_path }}/scripts/setup-git.sh \
+            "${{ github.action_path }}/scripts/generate-unreleased-changelog.sh"
-          "${{ inputs.author_name }}" \
+          fi
-          "${{ inputs.author_email }}"
-
-    - name: Generate and commit changelog (unreleased)
-      if: steps.detect.outputs.version_changed == 'false' || github.ref != 'refs/heads/main'
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        ${{ github.action_path }}/scripts/generate-unreleased-changelog.sh
-
-    - name: Release from VERSION
-      if: steps.detect.outputs.version_changed == 'true' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
-      shell: bash
-      env:
-        RELEASE_PUBLISH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.token || '' }}
-      run: |
-        ${{ github.action_path }}/scripts/release-from-version.sh

scripts/read-cliff-version.sh

@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ fi
 VERSION_LINE=$(awk -F '=' '/^# CLIFF_VERSION=/ { gsub(/[" ]/, "", $2); print $2 }' "$CLIFF_TOML" || true)
 
 if [[ -n "$VERSION_LINE" ]]; then
-  echo "✅ Extracted CLIFF_VERSION: $VERSION_LINE"
+  echo "✅ Extracted CLIFF_VERSION: $VERSION_LINE" >&2
 else
-  echo "⚠️  No CLIFF_VERSION found in $CLIFF_TOML"
+  echo "⚠️  No CLIFF_VERSION found in $CLIFF_TOML" >&2
 fi
 
-# Output für GitHub Actions / Composite Action
 echo "version=${VERSION_LINE:-}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+echo "$VERSION_LINE"
+n

scripts/release-from-version.sh

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ VERSION_FILE="VERSION"
 CHANGELOG_FILE="CHANGELOG.md"
 CLIFF_CONFIG="cliff.toml"
 RELEASE_BODY_TMP="$(mktemp)"
+GIT_BRANCH="${GITHUB_REF##refs/heads/}"
 
 # === Step 1: Read version ===
 if [[ ! -f "$VERSION_FILE" ]]; then
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ if git diff --cached --quiet; then
 else
   echo "📝 Committing updated changelog"
   git commit -m "chore(changelog): update changelog for v$VERSION"
-  git push origin main
+  git push origin "$GIT_BRANCH"
 fi
 
 # === Step 4: Create tag if necessary ===