ci: let the release pull request merge itself on a cadence switch - #180
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Changesets keeps one release pull request open and rewrites it as changesets land, so how often that pull request is merged is what decides the version sequence. Left to accumulate it collapses a backlog into a single bump — which is how nineteen changesets became one version and the numbers in between never existed. `AUTO_MERGE_RELEASE_PR` picks the cadence. Set to `true`, the release pull request merges itself once its required checks pass, so one merge to main is one release and the version tracks each change. Unset, nothing changes and a maintainer merges it when a release is wanted. This is not a blanket auto-merge: it only ever targets the changesets-authored branch, the repository still requires its status checks, and a major bump is gated on the pull request that introduces the changeset — so an unattended release cannot rename the major version on its own. The step never fails the run, because a version pull request left open costs a manual merge while a failure here would block npm, the Marketplace and the CDN behind it. CONTRIBUTING now states the bump levels and both cadences, so the version sequence is a documented choice rather than a side effect of merge timing.
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In @.github/workflows/release.yml:
- Around line 205-208: Update the pull-request lookup in the release workflow to
capture the exit status of gh pr list separately from its output instead of
masking failures with || true. If the command fails, emit a warning and exit
successfully; only report “No open version PR” when the command succeeds with an
empty or null pr result.
- Around line 198-210: Update the auto-merge flow around the “Enable auto-merge
on the version PR” step so later changesets cannot be added to an already queued
release PR, using a snapshot or release-queue guard; alternatively, explicitly
document that this workflow intentionally batches changesets. Preserve the
existing checks for published status, AUTO_MERGE_RELEASE_PR, and the
changeset-release/main PR.
- Around line 198-210: Update the “Enable auto-merge on the version PR” workflow
step to wait for a successful CodeRabbit status on the PR before invoking gh pr
merge --auto. Ensure the check targets the main branch context and preserves the
existing no-open-PR handling and merge command behavior.
- Around line 205-210: Update the release workflow to use
steps.changesets.outputs.pullRequestNumber as the version PR identifier for the
auto-merge and subsequent CodeRabbit steps, replacing the gh pr list lookup and
its related empty-result handling. Keep the existing merge behavior unchanged
for the identified PR.
In `@CONTRIBUTING.md`:
- Line 91: Update the changeset guidance in CONTRIBUTING.md to replace the
“several releases wearing one hat” idiom with direct wording: multiple
changesets in one pull request usually represent separate releases, and the
changelog cannot attribute them later.
- Line 93: Update the major-version description in the contributing guidance to
state that pinned installs remain on their existing version, while consumers
upgrading to the new major may encounter breaking changes; preserve the
surrounding maintainer approval and workflow requirements.
- Line 93: Update the major-release guidance in the contributing documentation
to match the repository’s actual workflow: remove the unsupported claims about
changeset-policy and breaking-change-approved, and replace the statement that
major releases break every pinned install with the accurate behavior that
exact-version installs remain on the previous version.
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Both release steps found the pull request by head branch alone. That can select a fork's branch of the same name, and `|| true` turned an API or auth failure into "no version PR" — so a lookup that broke looked exactly like a release with nothing to do. Resolve it once instead: take the number the changesets action reports, and fall back to a listing scoped to this repository's own head branch, keeping a failed lookup distinct from an empty result. Auto-merge and the review request both consume that number. Also state in CONTRIBUTING that a changeset landing while the release pull request waits on its checks joins that release, and correct the claim that a major breaks pinned installs — it breaks consumers who upgrade.
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In @.github/workflows/release.yml:
- Around line 219-230: Update the open PR lookup around the gh pr list and jq
pipeline to request headRepository and filter by the complete source repository.
Pass GITHUB_REPOSITORY as repo and require headRepository.nameWithOwner to equal
it, replacing the owner-only headRepositoryOwner filter while preserving the
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enabled auto-merge (squash)
August 24, 2026 21:01
elkaix
disabled auto-merge
August 24, 2026 21:11
Filtering the fallback lookup by head-repository owner still accepts a different repository belonging to that owner. Compare the head repository's full `owner/name` against `GITHUB_REPOSITORY` instead.
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No issue — this came out of asking why
1.2.0went straight to2.0.0.Problem
Changesets keeps one
ci: release packagespull request open onmainand rewrites it as changesets land. Merging it cuts exactly one release, so how often it is merged is what decides the version sequence — and nothing said how often that should be.Left to accumulate, it collapses a backlog into one bump. The current release pull request carries 19 changesets, all from a single squashed pull request: one
major, fourminor, fourteenpatch. They become one version,2.0.0, and every number in between never exists. The changelog cannot attribute anything either, because every entry cites the same commit.What changed
A repository variable,
AUTO_MERGE_RELEASE_PR, picks the cadence:true— the release pull request merges itself once its required checks pass. One merge tomainis one release, and the version tracks each change:2.1.2,2.1.3,2.1.4,2.2.0.false— today's behaviour, unchanged. A maintainer merges it when a release is wanted.This is deliberately not a blanket auto-merge:
changeset-release/mainbranch,strict: true, so the branch must be current),majoris gated separately, on the pull request that introduces the changeset — so an unattended release can never rename the major version on its own.The step is
continue-on-error. A version pull request left open costs a manual merge; a failure here would block npm, the Marketplace and the CDN behind it.CONTRIBUTING.mdnow states the bump levels and both cadences, so the version sequence is a documented choice rather than a side effect of merge timing.Not included
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@pymodel/pythinker-code@<version>with a matching GitHub Release, and the desktop app cutsdesktop-v*separately.[skip changeset] — release tooling and contributor docs only; nothing here reaches the published package.
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