ci(changelog): escape changelog for notify, default entry when no changes

- Escape the changelog string using `jq` before sending to the notify url. Otherwise, things like quotes might cause the payload to fail.
- If there are no new changes to release, post a generic entry for tracking purposes
  - Informs that the version is uneventful, and clears up the special case of handling this for release.
  - Fixes things that use the changelog, like notify, prerelease, etc. Otherwise, it will use previous version changelog.

Author: hayemaxi

buildspec/release/80notify.yml

@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ phases:
             - export EXTENSION_NAME=$([ "$TARGET_EXTENSION" = "amazonq" ] && echo "Amazon Q" || echo "AWS Toolkit")
             - export VERSION=$(node -e "console.log(require('./packages/${TARGET_EXTENSION}/package.json').version);")
             - export CHANGELOG=$(cat packages/${TARGET_EXTENSION}/CHANGELOG.md | perl -ne 'BEGIN{$/="\n\n"} print if $. == 2')
-            - MESSAGE=$(envsubst < ./buildspec/release/notify.txt)
+            - MESSAGE=$(envsubst < ./buildspec/release/notify.txt | jq -R -s '.')
+            - echo "Will post message - \n\n${MESSAGE}\n"
+            - echo "Full command - 'curl -v POST \"[NOTIFY_URL]\" -H \"Content-Type:application/json\" --data \"{\"Content\":${MESSAGE}}\"'"
             - |
                 if [ "$STAGE" != "prod" ]; then
-                  echo "SKIPPED (stage=${STAGE}): 'curl -v POST \"[NOTIFY_URL]\" -H \"Content-Type:application/json\" --data \"{\"Content\":\"${MESSAGE}\"}\"'"
+                  echo "SKIPPED (stage=${STAGE}): curl -v POST ..."
                   exit 0
                 fi
-                curl -v POST "${NOTIFY_URL}" -H "Content-Type:application/json" --data "{\"Content\":\"${MESSAGE}\"}"
+                curl -v POST "${NOTIFY_URL}" -H "Content-Type:application/json" --data "{\"Content\":${MESSAGE}}"

packages/toolkit/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 3.50.0 2025-03-13
+
+- Miscellaneous non-user-facing changes
+
 ## 3.49.0 2025-03-06
 
 - **Feature** Step Functions: Updated previewStateMachine command to open with Workflow Studio instead

scripts/createRelease.ts

@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ const changesFile = path.join(changesDirectory, `${packageJson.version}.json`)
 nodefs.mkdirSync(nextReleaseDirectory, { recursive: true })
 
 const changeFiles = nodefs.readdirSync(nextReleaseDirectory)
-if (changeFiles.length === 0) {
-    console.warn('no changes to release (missing .changes/ directory)')
-    process.exit()
-}
 try {
     nodefs.accessSync(changesFile)
     console.log(`error: changelog data file already exists: ${changesFile}`)
@@ -45,21 +41,25 @@ for (const changeFile of changeFiles) {
     changelog.entries.push(file)
 }
 
-changelog.entries.sort((x: { type: string }, y: { type: string }) => x.type.localeCompare(y.type))
-
 // Write changelog file
 nodefs.writeFileSync(changesFile, JSON.stringify(changelog, undefined, '\t'))
 const fileData = nodefs.readFileSync(path.join(cwd, 'CHANGELOG.md'))
 let append = `## ${packageJson.version} ${timestamp}\n\n`
-for (const file of changelog.entries) {
-    append += `- **${file.type}** ${file.description}\n`
+if (changelog.entries.length === 0) {
+    console.warn('no changes to release (missing .changes/ directory)')
+    append += '- Miscellaneous non-user-facing changes\n'
+} else {
+    changelog.entries.sort((x: { type: string }, y: { type: string }) => x.type.localeCompare(y.type))
+    for (const file of changelog.entries) {
+        append += `- **${file.type}** ${file.description}\n`
+    }
 }
 
 append += '\n' + fileData.toString()
 nodefs.writeFileSync('CHANGELOG.md', append)
 
 child_process.execSync(`git add ${changesDirectory}`)
-child_process.execSync(`git rm -rf ${nextReleaseDirectory}`)
+child_process.execSync(`git rm -rf --ignore-unmatch ${nextReleaseDirectory}`)
 child_process.execSync('git add CHANGELOG.md')
 
 console.log(changesFile)