Use release-please body output instead of CHANGELOG.md in release workflow#6
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Use release-please body output instead of CHANGELOG.md in release workflow
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The release workflow was referencing the entire
CHANGELOG.mdfile for GitHub release bodies, making releases verbose with all historical changes instead of version-specific notes.Changes
bodyoutput from release-please step to bump job outputsbodyparameter instead ofbody_path: CHANGELOG.mdgenerate_release_notes: true(redundant with release-please body)outputs: release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }} tag_name: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }} + body: ${{ steps.release.outputs.body }}- name: GitHub Release uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2 with: tag_name: ${{ needs.bump.outputs.tag_name }} - generate_release_notes: true - body_path: CHANGELOG.md + body: ${{ needs.bump.outputs.body }} prerelease: ${{ github.event.inputs.release-type == 'next' }}Releases now contain only the relevant version's notes as generated by release-please.
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