prepare-release

Overview ¶

prepare-release automates the changelog bump and PR creation for a new release.

It performs the following steps:

1. Checks for merged PRs that still need changelog entries
2. Fetches changelog notes from the remote
3. Generates the new changelog from git notes
4. Creates a branch, commits the changelog, and pushes
5. Creates a PR via the gh CLI

Because the PR is created by a real user (via gh auth), CI workflows will trigger normally, avoiding the GITHUB_TOKEN limitation where automated PRs don't trigger workflows. gh must be installed and authenticated.