ci: Update release process to support major releases (no-changelog) (#6552)

.github/workflows/release-create-pr.yml

@@ -35,37 +35,33 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.base-branch }}
 
-      - name: Push the base branch
-        run: |
-          git checkout -b "release/${{ github.event.inputs.release-type }}"
-          git push -f origin "release/${{ github.event.inputs.release-type }}"
-
       - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v2.2.4
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 18.x
+
       - run: npm install --prefix=.github/scripts --no-package-lock
 
       - name: Bump package versions
         run: |
           echo "NEXT_RELEASE=$(node .github/scripts/bump-versions.mjs)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          pnpm i --lockfile-only
         env:
           RELEASE_TYPE: ${{ github.event.inputs.release-type }}
 
       - name: Update Changelog
         run: node .github/scripts/update-changelog.mjs
 
+      - name: Push the base branch
+        run: |
+          git push -f origin refs/remotes/origin/${{ github.event.inputs.base-branch }}:refs/heads/release/${{ env.NEXT_RELEASE }}
+
       - name: Push the release branch, and Create the PR
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
         with:
-          base: 'release/${{ github.event.inputs.release-type }}'
-          branch: 'release/${{ env.NEXT_RELEASE }}'
+          base: 'release/${{ env.NEXT_RELEASE }}'
+          branch: '${{ env.NEXT_RELEASE }}-pr'
           commit-message: ':rocket: Release ${{ env.NEXT_RELEASE }}'
           delete-branch: true
           labels: 'release'
           title: ':rocket: Release ${{ env.NEXT_RELEASE }}'
-          # 'TODO: add generated changelog to the body. create a script to generate custom changelog'
-          body: ''
-
-      # TODO: post PR link to slack
+          body-path: 'CHANGELOG-${{ env.NEXT_RELEASE }}.md'

.github/workflows/release-publish.yml

@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ on:
     types:
       - closed
     branches:
-      - 'release/patch'
-      - 'release/minor'
+      - 'release/*'
 
 jobs:
   publish-release:
@@ -50,6 +49,7 @@ jobs:
           tag: 'n8n@${{env.RELEASE}}'
           prerelease: true
           makeLatest: false
+          body: ${{github.event.pull_request.body}}
 
       - name: Trigger a release note
         continue-on-error: true