From cb91fbef6cb7a3666346f92afe4bba2d77ac981a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:15:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore: cleaner release notes (cap changelog, concise initial
 release)

---
 .gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
index 0b34314db7..3f184868a3 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ jobs:
           PREV_TAG="$(git -C "$BARE" tag --sort=-creatordate | head -2 | tail -1 || echo '')"
 
           if [ -n "$PREV_TAG" ] && [ "$PREV_TAG" != "$VERSION" ]; then
-            CHANGELOG="$(git -C "$BARE" log --oneline --no-decorate "${PREV_TAG}..${VERSION}")"
+            CHANGELOG="$(git -C "$BARE" log --oneline --no-decorate --max-count=50 "${PREV_TAG}..${VERSION}")"
+            [ -z "$CHANGELOG" ] && CHANGELOG="No commit changes since ${PREV_TAG}"
           else
-            CHANGELOG="$(git -C "$BARE" log --oneline --no-decorate "${VERSION}")"
+            TOTAL="$(git -C "$BARE" rev-list --count "${VERSION}" 2>/dev/null || echo '?')"
+            CHANGELOG="Initial release of EpicNext-CMS (${TOTAL} commits)."
           fi
           [ -z "$CHANGELOG" ] && CHANGELOG="Initial release"