ci: enhance release process with versioning and changelog generation improvements

Author: umerfarok

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -249,17 +249,26 @@ jobs:
 
   create-release:
     needs: build
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0  # Fetch all history for changelog generation
 
-    - name: Get version from tag
+    - name: Get version
       id: get_version
-      run: echo "version=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      run: |
+        if [[ $GITHUB_REF == refs/tags/* ]]; then
+          VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}
+        else
+          # For main/master, use date-based version
+          VERSION="0.1.0-$(date +'%Y%m%d')-${GITHUB_SHA::7}"
+        fi
+        echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
     
     - name: Download all artifacts
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -270,18 +279,30 @@ jobs:
     - name: Display structure of downloaded files
       run: ls -R artifacts/
 
-    - name: Get Changelog Entry
+    - name: Generate Release Notes
       id: changelog
       run: |
-        awk '/^## Version/{p=NR+1}(NR<=p){print}' CHANGELOG.md > release_notes.md
+        # Get latest changes since last release or last 10 commits if no releases
+        if git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null; then
+          LAST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
+          CHANGES=$(git log --pretty=format:"* %s" $LAST_TAG..HEAD)
+        else
+          CHANGES=$(git log --pretty=format:"* %s" -n 10)
+        fi
+        
+        # Save changes to file
+        echo "## What's New" > release_notes.md
+        echo "" >> release_notes.md
+        echo "$CHANGES" >> release_notes.md
     
     - name: Create Release
       uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
       with:
         name: NetworkMonitor v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
         body_path: release_notes.md
         draft: false
-        prerelease: false
+        prerelease: ${{ !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') }}
+        tag_name: v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
         files: |
           artifacts/**/*.zip
           artifacts/**/*.tar.gz

DEVELOPER.md

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ run_networkmonitor.bat
 
 1. Clone the repository:
 ```bash
-git clone https://github.com/yourorg/networkmonitor.git
+git clone https://github.com/umerfarok/networkmonitor.git
 cd networkmonitor
 ```