Generalize applyTemplate.sh script

Take new acknowledgements file into account and simplify/unify the
script in general.

Follow-up on
- #361

Author: HannesWell

.github/workflows/updateRelease.yml

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Create Pull Request for Release ${{ github.event.milestone.title }}
       uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@271a8d0340265f705b14b6d32b9829c1cb33d45e # v7.0.8
       with:
+        author: Eclipse Releng Bot <[email protected]>
         commit-message: Prepare Release ${{ github.event.milestone.title }}
         branch: prepare_R${{ github.event.milestone.title }}
         title: Prepare Release ${{ github.event.milestone.title }}

news/4.x-template/index.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Eclipse 4.x - New and Noteworthy
 
 Welcome to the Eclipse SDK project!
-The Eclipse SDK project is part of the Eclipse YYY-MM simultaneous release.
+The Eclipse SDK project is part of the Eclipse YYYY-MM simultaneous release.
 The Eclipse SDK and related resources can be downloaded from the [Eclipse Project downloads](https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/) page.
 The Eclipse installer and other packages can be downloaded from the [IDE Downloads](https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages) page.
 

news/instructions.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Eclipse New and Noteworthy Authoring
 
-Last revised 2025-05-08.
+Last revised 2025-06-01.
 
 ## Instructions
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ Every individual who made code contributions to the described change should be m
 
 ### Initialization
 
-To create the directory and all the related content for a new release,
-use the [4.x-template directory](4.x-template).
-Replace `4.x` in the markdown files with the Eclipse project's release version
-and replace `YYYY-MM` with the corresponding SimRel release name.
+To automatically initialize the news folder for a new release, run the `scripts/applyTemplate.sh` script. 
+Instructions to run the script can be found in `scripts/instructions.txt`.
+It creates the directory and all the related content for a new release, useing the [4.x-template directory](4.x-template).
+It also replaces the placeholder `4.x` with the Eclipse project's release version and `YYYY-MM` with the corresponding SimRel release name in all markdown files.

news/scripts/applyTemplate.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
 #******************************************************************************
-# Copyright (c) 2019 IBM Corporation and others.
+# Copyright (c) 2019, 2025 IBM Corporation and others.
 #
 # This program and the accompanying materials
 # are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -12,40 +14,34 @@
 #     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 #******************************************************************************
 
-#!/bin/sh
-
 if [ "x$1" == "x"  ] || [ "x$2" == "x"  ]; then
  echo "Usage error: Pass release version and simrel release name as arguments"
  echo "For example: ./applyTemplate.sh 4.13 2019-09"
  exit 1
 fi
+eclipseVersion=$1
+simRelVersion=$2
 
-cd ..
-echo "In parent directory of scripts `pwd`"
+cd $(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))/../../news
+echo "In news directory: $(pwd)"
 
-echo "Checking if directory $1 already exists"
-if [ -d $1 ] 
-then
-   echo "Error: Directory $1 already exists. Exiting..."
+echo "Checking if directory ${eclipseVersion} already exists"
+if [ -d ${eclipseVersion} ]; then
+   echo "Error: Directory ${eclipseVersion} already exists. Exiting..."
    exit 1
 fi
 
-echo "Applying template for $1"
-cp -R '4.x-template' $1
-
-echo "Created directory and entering $1"
-cd $1
-
-echo "Replacing 4.x with $1 to files in `pwd`"
+echo "Applying template for ${eclipseVersion}"
+cp -R '4.x-template' ${eclipseVersion}
 
-sed -i'.bak' -e "s/4\.x/$1/g" index.html
-sed -i'.bak' -e "s/4\.x/$1/g" jdt.html
-sed -i'.bak' -e "s/4\.x/$1/g" pde.html
-sed -i'.bak' -e "s/4\.x/$1/g" platform.html
-sed -i'.bak' -e "s/4\.x/$1/g" platform_isv.html
+echo "Created directory and entering ${eclipseVersion}"
+cd ${eclipseVersion}
 
-echo "Replacing YYYY-MM with $2 in index.html"
-sed -i'.bak' -e "s/YYYY-MM/$2/g" index.html
+echo "Replacing 4.x with ${eclipseVersion} and YYYY-MM with ${simRelVersion} to files in $(pwd)"
 
-echo "Deleting backup files"
-rm *.html.bak
+for file in *.md; do
+  if [ -f "$file" ]; then
+    sed -i --expression "s|4\.x|${eclipseVersion}|g" $file
+    sed -i --expression "s|YYYY-MM|${simRelVersion}|g" $file
+  fi
+done