Include generated release notes in builds (#194)

* create release notes from workflow input

* temp disable releases

* force builds

* include release notes in builds

* enabled releases

.github/workflows/build_apk.yml

@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ env:
   BUILD_ARGS: --release --flavor ${{ inputs.flavor }} -t lib/main_${{ inputs.flavor }}.dart
   BUILD_APK_PATH: build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/app-${{ inputs.flavor }}-release.apk
   BUILD_AAB_PATH: build/app/outputs/bundle/${{ inputs.flavor }}Release/app-${{ inputs.flavor }}-release.aab
+  RELEASE_NOTES_ARTIFACT_NAME: release_notes_en_${{ inputs.version }}
+  RELEASE_NOTES_PATH: "assets/release_notes"
 
 jobs:
   build-android:
@@ -109,6 +111,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Increment build number & replace version number
         run: bash ./.github/scripts/increment_build_number.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
 
+      - name: Download release notes
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_ARTIFACT_NAME }}
+          path: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_PATH }}
+
       - name: Install Flutter
         uses: subosito/flutter-action@v2
         with:

.github/workflows/build_ipa.yml

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ on:
 
 env:
   FLAVOR: "prod"
+  RELEASE_NOTES_ARTIFACT_NAME: release_notes_en_${{ inputs.version }}
+  RELEASE_NOTES_PATH: "assets/release_notes"
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -104,6 +106,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Increment build number & replace version number
         run: bash ./.github/scripts/increment_build_number.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
 
+      - name: Download release notes
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_ARTIFACT_NAME }}
+          path: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_PATH }}
+
       - name: Install Flutter
         uses: subosito/flutter-action@v2
         with:

.github/workflows/create_release.yml

@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ on:
         default: true
 
 env:
-  RELEASE_NOTES_FILE: release_notes_en_${{ inputs.version }}
+  RELEASE_NOTES_ARTIFACT_NAME: release_notes_en_${{ inputs.version }}
+  RELEASE_NOTES_FILE: release_notes_en_${{ inputs.version }}.md
+  RELEASE_NOTES_PATH: "assets/release_notes"
 
 jobs:
   run-integration-tests:
@@ -38,9 +40,25 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/run_integration_tests.yml
     secrets: inherit
 
+  generate-release-notes:
+    name: Generate release notes
+    needs: [run-integration-tests]
+    if: ${{ always() && !failure() && !cancelled() }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Generate release notes
+        run: |
+          echo ${{ inputs.release-notes }} > ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }}
+          perl -i -pe 's/\s{1}(-{1})/\n$1/g' ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }}
+      - name: Upload merged_native_libs.zip to artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_ARTIFACT_NAME }}
+          path: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }}
+
   build-android:
     name: Build Android
-    needs: [run-integration-tests]
+    needs: [generate-release-notes]
     if: ${{ always() && !failure() && !cancelled() }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -55,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build-ios:
     name: Build iOS
-    needs: [run-integration-tests]
+    needs: [generate-release-notes]
     if: ${{ always() && !failure() && !cancelled() }}
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build_ipa.yml
     secrets: inherit
@@ -63,24 +81,10 @@ jobs:
       stage-backend: false
       version: ${{ inputs.version }}
 
-  generate-release-notes:
-    name: Generate release notes
-    needs: [build-android, build-ios]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Generate release notes
-        run: |
-          echo ${{ inputs.release-notes }} > ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }}.md
-          perl -i -pe 's/\s{1}(-{1})/\n$1/g' ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }}.md
-      - name: Upload merged_native_libs.zip to artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }}
-          path: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }}.md
-
   create-github-release:
     name: Create Github release
-    needs: [generate-release-notes]
+    needs: [build-android, build-ios]
+    if: ${{ always() && !failure() && !cancelled() }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
@@ -95,10 +99,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Download release notes
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }}
-
-      - name: Move release notes to a folder
-        run: mv assets/release_notes/${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }}.md ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }}
+          name: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_ARTIFACT_NAME }}
+          path: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_PATH }}
 
       - name: Commit changes
         run: |
@@ -127,11 +129,12 @@ jobs:
           artifacts: "m3_lightmeter.apk"
           skipIfReleaseExists: true
           tag: "v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
-          bodyFile: "${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }}.md"
+          bodyFile: "${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_PATH }}/${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }}"
 
   create-google-play-release:
     name: Create Google Play release
-    needs: [generate-release-notes]
+    needs: [build-android, build-ios]
+    if: ${{ always() && !failure() && !cancelled() }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -151,13 +154,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Download release notes
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }}
+          name: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_ARTIFACT_NAME }}
 
       - name: Move release notes to a folder
         run: |
-          mv assets/release_notes/${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }}.md ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }}
+          mv ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }} whatsnew-en-US
           mkdir whatsnew
-          mv ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }} whatsnew
+          mv whatsnew-en-US whatsnew
 
       # https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/13466/can-grep-output-only-specified-groupings-that-match'
       # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74353311/github-workflow-unable-to-process-file-command-env-successfully
@@ -182,7 +185,8 @@ jobs:
 
   upload-to-app-store:
     name: Upload to App Store
-    needs: [generate-release-notes]
+    needs: [build-android, build-ios]
+    if: ${{ always() && !failure() && !cancelled() }}
     runs-on: macos-13
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -212,4 +216,4 @@ jobs:
             m3_lightmeter_apk
             m3_lightmeter_appbundle
             m3_lightmeter_ipa
-            ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }}
+            ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_ARTIFACT_NAME }}