Revert "Improvements to release notes building"

This reverts commit fa7f9ca.

Author: dwot

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -78,15 +78,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate Release Notes
         id: release_notes
         run: |
-          # Current UTC date
+          # Get the current date
           release_date=$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%d")
-
-          # Use the current version (exported earlier to GITHUB_ENV as 'version'); fallback to 'dev'
-          VER=${version:-dev}
-
-          # Header: include version and date as a Markdown H2
-          echo "## Release v${VER} — ${release_date}" > release_notes.md
-          echo "" >> release_notes.md
+          echo "Release Date: $release_date" > release_notes.md
 
           # Determine a sensible commit range. Use commits since last tag if there is a tag, otherwise HEAD
           if git describe --tags --abbrev=0 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
@@ -96,15 +90,13 @@ jobs:
             commit_range="HEAD"
           fi
 
-          # Commits section (Markdown)
-          echo "### Commits" >> release_notes.md
-          echo "" >> release_notes.md
-          git log --pretty=format:"- %s (%h)" $commit_range >> release_notes.md || true
+          # Add commit messages
+          echo -e "\n### Commits:\n" >> release_notes.md
+          git log --pretty=format:"- %s (%h)" $commit_range >> release_notes.md
 
-          # Export the release notes into GITHUB_ENV as a multiline variable so newlines are preserved
-          echo "release_notes<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          cat release_notes.md >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          # Escape multiline release notes for GITHUB_ENV
+          escaped_notes=$(awk '{printf "%s\\n", $0}' release_notes.md)
+          echo "release_notes=${escaped_notes}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Create and push tag (Main Branch Only)
         if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'