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Add a sanity check to verify that the GitHub CLI (gh) tool is available in PATH before proceeding with the release. This prevents the release process from failing late in the process when gh is needed for creating PRs in vendor repositories. Fixes #1433 Generated-by: Claude Opus 4.5
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Summary
gh) tool is available in PATH during dry runghis needed for creating PRs in vendor repositoriesghis not foundBackground
release.pyrelies on theghtool for creating pull requests in ROS vendor repositories. If a user does not have it installed, the release process executes every step without warning until it hits the step that requiresgh, wasting time and potentially leaving the release in a partial state.Fixes #1433
Generated-by: Claude Opus 4.5