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new 09e7802 Update documentation about release drafter and multiple
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commit 09e780225556bd39740115b738716dec3d9ca0ae
Author: Slawomir Jaranowski <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Jan 25 18:43:43 2026 +0100
Update documentation about release drafter and multiple branches
- remove workaround
- add info about initial-commits-since
---
README.md | 38 +++++++++-----------------------------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1cbf4c4..f9de59d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -238,44 +238,24 @@ tag-template: <project-tag-prefix>-$RESOLVED_VERSION
## Multiple versions from multiple branches
-We need change a branch name in `.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml` in
each branch:
+We need change a branch name in `.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml`, and
add `initial-commits-since`
+in each branch:
```yml
name: Release Drafter
on:
push:
branches:
- - branch-name # <---
+ - branch-name # e.g., maven-4.0.x
workflow_dispatch:
-```
-
-## First release from new branch
-
-When we create new branch for old version, release drafter will, can not find
the previous release.
-
-We need a change a `target_commitish` for the latest release.
-
-Example for `maven-clean-plugin`
-Release `3.4.0` was done form master branch, next we create new branch for 3.x
- `maven-clean-plugin-3.x`
-
-Release `3.4.0` has old `target_commitish`
-
-```
-gh api /repos/apache/maven-clean-plugin/releases/tags/maven-clean-plugin-3.4.0
-
-...
-"id": 161340667, <-- needed for update
-"tag_name": "maven-clean-plugin-3.4.0",
-"target_commitish": "master", <-- shold be new branch
-...
+jobs:
+ update_release_draft:
+ uses:
apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml@v4
+ with:
+ initial-commits-since: '2025-06-18T10:29:46Z' # date of first commit on
new branch
```
-We need update it, by:
-
-```
-gh api --method PATCH /repos/apache/maven-clean-plugin/releases/161340667 -f
"target_commitish=refs/heads/maven-clean-plugin-3.x"
-```
## pre-release, beta versions
@@ -299,7 +279,7 @@ _extends:
maven-gh-actions-shared:.github/release-drafter.yml
Next in each branch we need provide new configuration name in action:
-```
+```yml
update_release_draft:
uses:
apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml@v4
with:
