fix: Update the action that checks for unreleased changelog items to always create the template files necessary for semantic-release (#302)

* fix: Update the action that checks for unreleased changelog items to always create the template files necessary for semantic-release

* refactor: Update note in summary to account for the reusable workflow name

Author: nfelt14

.github/workflows/_reusable-package-release.yml

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Add note to summary
         run: |
           echo "## Python Semantic Release Preview (noop)" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          echo "See the stdout from the \`Python Semantic Release (noop for preview)\` step in the \`print-inputs\` job for more details." >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+          echo "See the stdout from the \`Python Semantic Release (noop for preview)\` step in the \`package-release / print-inputs\` job for more details." >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
     outputs:
       found-changes: ${{ (steps.find-changes-local.outputs.found-changes && fromJSON(steps.find-changes-local.outputs.found-changes)) || (steps.find-changes-public.outputs.found-changes && fromJSON(steps.find-changes-public.outputs.found-changes)) }}
   # Update the package version using the python-semantic-release package (https://github.com/python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ Things to be included in the next release go here.
 
 - Bumped dependency versions.
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed the `package-release` workflow to no longer have issues with the `semantic-release --noop` command.
+
 ---
 
 ## v1.6.0 (2025-01-03)

actions/find_unreleased_changelog_items/main.py

@@ -146,10 +146,9 @@ def main() -> None:
         issue_messages.append("No PRs have been merged since the last release")
 
     # Copy the files to the correct location
-    if not issue_messages:
-        shutil.copy(CHANGELOG_FILE, template_changelog_filepath)
-        with template_release_notes_filepath.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as template_release_notes:
-            template_release_notes.write(release_notes_content.strip() + "\n")
+    shutil.copy(CHANGELOG_FILE, template_changelog_filepath)
+    with template_release_notes_filepath.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as template_release_notes:
+        template_release_notes.write(release_notes_content.strip() + "\n")
 
     if issue_messages:
         add_contents_to_github_summary(