From 80bf3bb0d54b27f068d6bf6e476bf999261eb074 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:16:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use local checkout for changelog generation

Bare git repo has no HEAD; git log without --all showed nothing.
Now uses /var/www/atom-nexst (full checkout with proper HEAD).
Also adds debug output and handles first-release edge case.
---
 .gitea/workflows/release.yaml | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
index dcfee137..44923581 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -15,25 +15,33 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -e
 
-          REPO="/docker/gitea/gitea/git/repositories/remco/epicnext-cms.git"
+          # Use the local checkout (has full history + HEAD)
+          LOCAL="/var/www/atom-nexst"
 
           # ── Generate changelog ────────────────────────────────────────
-          PREV_TAG="$(git -C "$REPO" tag --sort=-creatordate | head -2 | tail -1 || echo '')"
-          if [ -n "$PREV_TAG" ]; then
+          PREV_TAG="$(git -C "$LOCAL" tag --sort=-creatordate | head -2 | tail -1 || echo '')"
+          echo "=== Debug: VERSION=$VERSION PREV_TAG=$PREV_TAG ==="
+
+          if [ -n "$PREV_TAG" ] && [ "$PREV_TAG" != "$VERSION" ]; then
             RANGE="${PREV_TAG}..${VERSION}"
-            git -C "$REPO" log --oneline --no-decorate "${RANGE}" > /tmp/changelog.txt 2>/dev/null || \
-              git -C "$REPO" log --oneline --no-decorate -30 > /tmp/changelog.txt
+            echo "=== Range: $RANGE ==="
+            git -C "$LOCAL" log --oneline --no-decorate "${RANGE}" > /tmp/changelog.txt
           else
-            git -C "$REPO" log --oneline --no-decorate -30 > /tmp/changelog.txt
+            # First release or only one tag — show all commits up to this tag
+            echo "=== First release or only one tag, showing all commits ==="
+            git -C "$LOCAL" log --oneline --no-decorate "${VERSION}" > /tmp/changelog.txt
           fi
 
           echo "=== Changelog ==="
           cat /tmp/changelog.txt
+          echo "=== End changelog ==="
 
           # ── Build ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
           SRC="/tmp/epicnext-release"
           rm -rf "$SRC"
-          git clone --branch "${VERSION}" --depth 1 "$REPO" "$SRC"
+          git clone --branch "${VERSION}" --depth 1 \
+            /docker/gitea/gitea/git/repositories/remco/epicnext-cms.git \
+            "$SRC"
           cd "$SRC"
 
           if [ -f /var/www/atom-nexst/.env ]; then
@@ -54,12 +62,16 @@ repo = os.environ['GITEA_REPO']
 token = "${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}"
 
 with open('/tmp/changelog.txt') as f:
-    notes = f.read()
+    notes = f.read().strip()
+
+if not notes:
+    notes = "Initial release"
 
 body = f"""## EpicNext-CMS {version}
 
 ### Changes
 {notes}
+
 ---
 *Automated release from Gitea Actions*
 """