ci(versioning): skip some commits and checkout release branch (#1573)

# What does this PR do?

- checkout release branch (unshallow)
- exclude dd-octo-sts author commits
- exclude proposal commits

Author: iunanua

.github/workflows/release-proposal-dispatch.yml

@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # 4.2.2
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 0  # Need full history for git tags
+          ref: ${{ env.RELEASE_BRANCH }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@f13886b937689c021905a6b90929199931d60db1 # v2.8.1
         with:
           cache-targets: true
@@ -186,6 +188,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create a branch for the release proposal
         id: proposal-branch
         run: |
+          git status
+          
+          IS_SHALLOW=$(git rev-parse --is-shallow-repository)
+          if [ "$IS_SHALLOW" = "true" ]; then
+            echo "Repository is shallow"
+            git pull --unshallow
+          fi
+
           git checkout "${{ env.RELEASE_BRANCH }}"
           TIMESTAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)
           BRANCH_NAME="${{ env.PROPOSAL_BRANCH_PREFIX }}/${{ inputs.crate }}/$TIMESTAMP"
@@ -380,7 +390,6 @@ jobs:
             "",
             (if $api_info.version then "**Next version:** `\($api_info.version)`\n" else null end),
             "**Semver bump:** `\($api_info.level)`",
-            "",
             (if $api_info.tag then "**Tag:** `\($api_info.tag)`\n" else null end),
             (if $api_info.initial_release == "true" then
               "**Warning:** this is an initial release. Please verify that the version and commits included are correct.\n"

cliff.toml

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ commit_parsers = [
   { message = "^feat", group = "<!-- A -->Added" },
   { message = "^fix", group = "<!-- C -->Fixed" },
   { message = "^refactor\\(clippy\\)", skip = true },
-  { message = "^chore\\(release\\): prepare for", skip = true },
+  { message = "^chore\\(release\\)", skip = true },
   { message = "^chore: Release", skip = true },
   { message = "^chore\\(deps.*\\)", skip = true },
   { message = "^chore\\(pr\\)", skip = true },

scripts/commits-since-release.sh

@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ VERBOSE=false
 INPUT_JSON=""
 # Default patterns to exclude (one per line, checked with grep -E)
 EXCLUDE_PATTERNS="^Merge branch 
-^Merge pull request "
+^Merge pull request 
+^chore\(release\)"
+
+EXCLUDE_AUTHOR="dd-octo-sts\[bot\]"
 
 for arg in "$@"; do
     case "$arg" in
@@ -105,6 +108,13 @@ log_verbose() {
 # Check if a commit subject should be excluded
 should_exclude() {
     local subject="$1"
+    local author="$2"
+
+    # Check if author should be excluded
+    if echo "$author" | grep -qE "$EXCLUDE_AUTHOR"; then
+        return 0  # Exclude
+    fi
+
     if [ -z "$EXCLUDE_PATTERNS" ]; then
         return 1  # Don't exclude
     fi
@@ -175,7 +185,7 @@ while read -r crate; do
         while IFS=$'\x1F' read -r hash subject author date; do
             if [ -n "$hash" ]; then
                 # Check if commit should be excluded
-                if should_exclude "$subject"; then
+                if should_exclude "$subject" "$author"; then
                     log_verbose "    Excluding: $subject"
                     continue
                 fi