From a173e74a3c89460fd3c0b217fb0721c7b5b5187a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Havekes <peter@havekes.eu>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:05:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Create GitHub release with changelog on deploy

---
 .github/workflows/deploy.yml | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 62f7a2b..f55a255 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -10,11 +10,14 @@ jobs:
   deployment:
     permissions:
       packages: write
+      contents: write
     environment: deploy
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
@@ -75,6 +78,27 @@ jobs:
           MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.BUILD_USERNAME }}
           MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.BUILD_PASSWORD }}
 
+      - name: Build Changelog
+        id: changelog
+        uses: ardalanamini/auto-changelog@v5
+        with:
+          default-commit-type: New Features
+          github-token: ${{ github.token }}
+        if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
+
+      - name: Create release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3
+        id: create_release
+        with:
+          name: Release ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          body: |
+            ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.changelog }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: true
+          token: ${{ github.token }}
+        if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
+
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3