fix: include unreleased conventional commits on new releases

Author: Spelkington

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -120,14 +120,29 @@ jobs:
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
 
+      - name: Determine last published release tag
+        id: last-published
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          # Find the most recent non-draft, non-prerelease published release tag
+          BASE_TAG=$(gh release list --limit 20 --json tagName,isDraft,isPrerelease \
+            --jq '[.[] | select(.isDraft == false and .isPrerelease == false)] | .[0].tagName // empty')
+          if [ -z "$BASE_TAG" ]; then
+            # Fallback: most recent git tag (first release in the repo)
+            BASE_TAG=$(git tag --sort=-v:refname | head -1)
+          fi
+          echo "tag=${BASE_TAG}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "Base tag for release: ${BASE_TAG}"
+
       - name: Run NX Release (version + changelog + commit + tag)
         id: release
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           CI: "true"
         run: |
           OLD_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
-          node scripts/release.mjs
+          node scripts/release.mjs --from="${{ steps.last-published.outputs.tag }}"
           NEW_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
           echo "version=$NEW_VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           if [ "$OLD_VERSION" != "$NEW_VERSION" ]; then
@@ -159,22 +174,6 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.release.outputs.changed == 'true'
         run: npm install -g @github/copilot
 
-      - name: Determine last published release tag
-        if: steps.release.outputs.changed == 'true'
-        id: last-published
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          # Find the most recent non-draft, non-prerelease published release tag
-          BASE_TAG=$(gh release list --limit 20 --json tagName,isDraft,isPrerelease \
-            --jq '[.[] | select(.isDraft == false and .isPrerelease == false)] | .[0].tagName // empty')
-          if [ -z "$BASE_TAG" ]; then
-            # Fallback: second-latest git tag if no published release exists
-            BASE_TAG=$(git tag --sort=-v:refname | head -2 | tail -1)
-          fi
-          echo "tag=${BASE_TAG}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "Base tag for release summary: ${BASE_TAG}"
-
       - name: Generate release summary
         if: steps.release.outputs.changed == 'true'
         env:

scripts/release.mjs

@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const ROOT = resolve(__dirname, '..');
 const DRY_RUN = process.argv.includes('--dry-run');
+const FROM_ARG = process.argv.find(a => a.startsWith('--from='));
+const FROM_TAG = FROM_ARG ? FROM_ARG.slice('--from='.length) : undefined;
 
 // ── 1. Version determination via NX Release ──────────────────────────────────
 
 const { workspaceVersion, projectsVersionData } = await releaseVersion({
   dryRun: DRY_RUN,
   verbose: false,
+  ...(FROM_TAG ? { from: FROM_TAG } : {}),
 });
 
 if (workspaceVersion === null || workspaceVersion === undefined) {
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@ await releaseChangelog({
   versionData: projectsVersionData,
   gitPush: false,
   createRelease: false,
+  ...(FROM_TAG ? { from: FROM_TAG } : {}),
 });
 
 console.log('\n✓ Release preparation complete.');