ci(release): fix Changesets reset by using head_sha and naga tip

Author: Ansonhkg

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ jobs:
     if: >-
       ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' &&
           github.event.workflow_run.event == 'push' &&
-          github.repository == 'LIT-Protocol/js-sdk' &&
           (github.event.workflow_run.head_branch == 'naga' ||
            github.event.workflow_run.head_branch == 'canary-naga') }}
     # Enable this when we want to implement docker image release
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-          ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}
+          ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}
 
       - name: Setup PNPM
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
@@ -73,18 +72,6 @@ jobs:
           cache: 'pnpm'
           cache-dependency-path: pnpm-lock.yaml
 
-      - name: Print repo and branch context
-        run: |
-          echo "Repo: $GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
-          echo "Head branch: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}"
-          echo "Workflow head_sha: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}"
-          echo "Checked out ref: $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
-          echo "Current commit: $(git rev-parse HEAD)"
-          echo "Node: $(node -v)"
-          echo "PNPM: $(pnpm --version)"
-          [ -f pnpm-lock.yaml ] && echo "pnpm-lock.yaml present" || echo "pnpm-lock.yaml missing"
-          [ -d .changeset ] && echo ".changeset present" || echo ".changeset missing"
-
       - name: Install project dependencies
         run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
 
@@ -100,6 +87,26 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build packages
         run: pnpm run build
 
+      - name: Preflight diagnostics
+        run: |
+          echo "Repo: $GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
+          echo "Head branch: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}"
+          echo "Workflow head_sha: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}"
+          echo "Checked out ref: $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+          echo "Current commit: $(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+          echo "Node: $(node -v)"
+          echo "PNPM: $(pnpm --version)"
+          [ -f pnpm-lock.yaml ] && echo "pnpm-lock.yaml present" || echo "pnpm-lock.yaml missing"
+          if [ -d .changeset ]; then
+            echo ".changeset present" && ls -la .changeset
+            if [ -f .changeset/config.json ]; then
+              echo "changeset config (baseBranch + mode if pre):"
+              jq '{ baseBranch: .baseBranch, pre: .pre }' .changeset/config.json || cat .changeset/config.json
+            fi
+          else
+            echo ".changeset missing"
+          fi
+
       - name: Compute branch tip SHA
         id: branch_tip
         run: |
@@ -109,6 +116,11 @@ jobs:
           echo "Resolved branch tip SHA: $TIP_SHA"
           echo "sha=$TIP_SHA" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
+      - name: Reset release branch base
+        run: |
+          git fetch --no-tags --prune origin
+          git push origin :changeset-release/${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }} || true
+
       - name: Create Release Pull Request or Publish to npm
         id: changesets
         uses: changesets/action@v1
@@ -118,11 +130,30 @@ jobs:
           publish: pnpm changeset publish --access public
           commit: 'chore(release): version packages'
           title: 'chore(release): version packages'
+          commitMode: github
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NODE_AUTH_TOKEN }}
           GITHUB_SHA: ${{ steps.branch_tip.outputs.sha }}
 
+      - name: Post-mortem diagnostics (on failure)
+        if: failure()
+        run: |
+          echo "After changesets/action failure:"
+          echo "Branch refs:"
+          git branch -vv || true
+          echo "HEAD now: $(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+          git show -s --date=iso --format='%h %ad %s' || true
+          echo "Workspace root listing:"
+          ls -la || true
+          if [ -d .changeset ]; then
+            echo ".changeset dir exists after failure:" && ls -la .changeset || true
+          else
+            echo ".changeset dir missing after failure"
+          fi
+          echo "Last 10 reflog entries:"
+          git reflog --date=iso -n 10 --decorate || true
+
       # - Was lit-auth-server part of the most recent release?
       # - Capture published packages
       # - Fallback to empty array if nothing was published