[ci skip] chore: release prep/2.7.0 rc.1 (#2888)

* fix: Update changelog for old v2.6.1 release

Changed the unreleased comparison link to reference v2.6.1 and added a link for the v2.6.1 release in the changelog.

* Update milestone determination logic in release workflow

Removes the '.0' suffix check from the milestone job condition and dynamically calculates the previous major.minor version for milestone queries. This improves flexibility and correctness in milestone handling during releases.

* Add version branch creation to release workflow

The release workflow now conditionally creates and checks out the version branch if it does not exist, ensuring releases are made from the correct branch. Also, remote-release.yml is now ignored in .gitignore.

Author: Lulalaby

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -70,7 +70,19 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           fetch-tags: true
-
+      - name: "Create version branch if missing"
+        id: conditional-create-version-branch
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          VERSION_BRANCH: ${{ needs.pre_config.outputs.branch_name }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          git fetch origin
+          if ! git show-ref --verify --quiet refs/heads/$VERSION_BRANCH; then
+            git checkout -b $VERSION_BRANCH
+            git push origin $VERSION_BRANCH
+          fi
+          git checkout $VERSION_BRANCH
       - name: "Release Pycord"
         id: pycord-release
         uses: Aiko-IT-Systems/[email protected]
@@ -145,7 +157,7 @@ jobs:
   determine_milestone_id:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [lib_release,pre_config]
-    if: ${{ !contains(needs.pre_config.outputs.version, '-') && endsWith(needs.pre_config.outputs.version, '.0') }}
+    if: ${{ !contains(needs.pre_config.outputs.version, '-') }}
     outputs:
       old_milestone_version: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.old_milestone_version }}
       new_milestone_version: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.new_milestone_version }}
@@ -158,7 +170,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           gh extension install valeriobelli/gh-milestone
           VERSION=${{ needs.pre_config.outputs.version }}
-          OLD_MILESTONE_VERSION=$(gh milestone list --query "v2.7" | grep "#" | awk '{print $2}')
+          PREV_MAJOR_MINOR=$(echo $VERSION | awk -F. '{printf "v%d.%d", $1, $2-1}')
+          OLD_MILESTONE_VERSION=$(gh milestone list --query "$PREV_MAJOR_MINOR" | grep "#" | awk '{print $2}')
           NEW_MILESTONE_VERSION="v$(echo $VERSION | grep -oE '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+')"
           echo "old_milestone_version=$OLD_MILESTONE_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "new_milestone_version=$NEW_MILESTONE_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

.gitignore

@@ -193,3 +193,4 @@ docs/build/linkcheck
 !docs/locales/*
 /build/
 /vscode/
+remote-release.yml

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1092,7 +1092,8 @@ These changes are available on the `master` branch, but have not yet been releas
 - Fix py3.10 UnionType checks issue.
   ([#1240](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/1240))
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/compare/v2.6.0...HEAD
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/compare/v2.6.1...HEAD
+[2.6.1]: https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/compare/v2.6.0...v2.6.1
 [2.6.0]: https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/compare/v2.5.0...v2.6.0
 [2.5.0]: https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/compare/v2.4.1...v2.5.0
 [2.4.1]: https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/compare/v2.4.0...v2.4.1