releaser: Simplify the release process

Make it into a one step even for major releases.

releaser/releasenotes_writer.go

@@ -163,54 +163,22 @@ func fetchThemeCount() (int, error) {
 	return bytes.Count(b, []byte("\n")) - bytes.Count(b, []byte("#")), nil
 }
 
-func getReleaseNotesDocsTempDirAndName(version string, final bool) (string, string) {
+func getReleaseNotesFilename(version string) string {
-	if final {
+	return filepath.FromSlash(fmt.Sprintf("temp/%s-relnotes-ready.md", version))
-		return hugoFilepath("temp"), fmt.Sprintf("%s-relnotes-ready.md", version)
-	}
-	return hugoFilepath("temp"), fmt.Sprintf("%s-relnotes.md", version)
-}
 
-func getReleaseNotesDocsTempFilename(version string, final bool) string {
-	return filepath.Join(getReleaseNotesDocsTempDirAndName(version, final))
-}
-
-func (r *ReleaseHandler) releaseNotesState(version string) (releaseNotesState, error) {
-	docsTempPath, name := getReleaseNotesDocsTempDirAndName(version, false)
-	_, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(docsTempPath, name))
-
-	if err == nil {
-		return releaseNotesCreated, nil
-	}
-
-	docsTempPath, name = getReleaseNotesDocsTempDirAndName(version, true)
-	_, err = os.Stat(filepath.Join(docsTempPath, name))
-
-	if err == nil {
-		return releaseNotesReady, nil
-	}
-
-	if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return releaseNotesNone, err
-	}
-
-	return releaseNotesNone, nil
 }
 
 func (r *ReleaseHandler) writeReleaseNotesToTemp(version string, isPatch bool, infosMain, infosDocs gitInfos) (string, error) {
-	docsTempPath, name := getReleaseNotesDocsTempDirAndName(version, isPatch)
+	filename := getReleaseNotesFilename(version)
 
 	var w io.WriteCloser
 
 	if !r.try {
-		os.Mkdir(docsTempPath, os.ModePerm)
+		f, err := os.Create(filename)
-
-		f, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(docsTempPath, name))
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
 
-		name = f.Name()
-
 		defer f.Close()
 
 		w = f
@@ -223,5 +191,5 @@ func (r *ReleaseHandler) writeReleaseNotesToTemp(version string, isPatch bool, i
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	return name, nil
+	return filename, nil
 }

releaser/releaser.go

@@ -32,15 +32,10 @@ import (
 
 const commitPrefix = "releaser:"
 
-type releaseNotesState int
-
-const (
-	releaseNotesNone = iota
-	releaseNotesCreated
-	releaseNotesReady
-)
-
 // ReleaseHandler provides functionality to release a new version of Hugo.
+// Test this locally without doing an actual release:
+// go run -tags release main.go release --skip-publish --try -r 0.90.0
+// Or a variation of the above -- the skip-publish flag makes sure that any changes are performed to the local Git only.
 type ReleaseHandler struct {
 	cliVersion string
 
@@ -91,6 +86,8 @@ func (r *ReleaseHandler) Run() error {
 		return errors.New("GITHUB_TOKEN not set, create one here with the repo scope selected: https://github.com/settings/tokens/new")
 	}
 
+	fmt.Printf("Start release from %q\n", wd())
+
 	newVersion, finalVersion := r.calculateVersions()
 
 	version := newVersion.String()
@@ -124,20 +121,10 @@ func (r *ReleaseHandler) Run() error {
 	var (
 		gitCommits     gitInfos
 		gitCommitsDocs gitInfos
-		relNotesState  releaseNotesState
 	)
 
-	relNotesState, err = r.releaseNotesState(version)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	prepareReleaseNotes := isPatch || relNotesState == releaseNotesNone
-	shouldRelease := isPatch || relNotesState == releaseNotesReady
-
 	defer r.gitPush() // TODO(bep)
 
-	if prepareReleaseNotes || shouldRelease {
 	gitCommits, err = getGitInfos(changeLogFromTag, "hugo", "", !r.try)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -148,14 +135,7 @@ func (r *ReleaseHandler) Run() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	}
 
-	if relNotesState == releaseNotesCreated {
-		fmt.Println("Release notes created, but not ready. Rename to *-ready.md to continue ...")
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if prepareReleaseNotes {
 	releaseNotesFile, err := r.writeReleaseNotesToTemp(version, isPatch, gitCommits, gitCommitsDocs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -166,20 +146,11 @@ func (r *ReleaseHandler) Run() error {
 	}
 
 	commitMsg := fmt.Sprintf("%s Add release notes for %s", commitPrefix, newVersion)
-		if !isPatch {
-			commitMsg += "\n\nRename to *-ready.md to continue."
-		}
 	commitMsg += "\n[ci skip]"
 
 	if _, err := r.git("commit", "-m", commitMsg); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	}
-
-	if !shouldRelease {
-		fmt.Printf("Skip release ... ")
-		return nil
-	}
 
 	if err := r.bumpVersions(newVersion); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -189,7 +160,7 @@ func (r *ReleaseHandler) Run() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if _, err := r.git("tag", "-a", tag, "-m", fmt.Sprintf("%s %s [ci skip]", commitPrefix, newVersion)); err != nil {
+	if _, err := r.git("tag", "-a", tag, "-m", fmt.Sprintf("%s %s\n\n[ci skip]", commitPrefix, newVersion)); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -199,8 +170,6 @@ func (r *ReleaseHandler) Run() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	releaseNotesFile := getReleaseNotesDocsTempFilename(version, true)
-
 	if err := r.release(releaseNotesFile); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -295,8 +264,8 @@ func (r *ReleaseHandler) bumpVersions(ver hugo.Version) error {
 }
 
 func (r *ReleaseHandler) replaceInFile(filename string, oldNew ...string) error {
-	fullFilename := hugoFilepath(filename)
+	filename = filepath.FromSlash(filename)
-	fi, err := os.Stat(fullFilename)
+	fi, err := os.Stat(filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -306,7 +275,7 @@ func (r *ReleaseHandler) replaceInFile(filename string, oldNew ...string) error
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fullFilename)
+	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -317,17 +286,18 @@ func (r *ReleaseHandler) replaceInFile(filename string, oldNew ...string) error
 		newContent = re.ReplaceAllString(newContent, oldNew[i+1])
 	}
 
-	return ioutil.WriteFile(fullFilename, []byte(newContent), fi.Mode())
+	return ioutil.WriteFile(filename, []byte(newContent), fi.Mode())
-}
-
-func hugoFilepath(filename string) string {
-	pwd, err := os.Getwd()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	return filepath.Join(pwd, filename)
 }
 
 func isCI() bool {
 	return os.Getenv("CI") != ""
 }
+
+func wd() string {
+	p, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return p
+
+}