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Generate or update the documentation-site release note for a given tag, commit it on a branch, push it to a writable remote, and open a GitHub PR to the docs branch. Use when the user wants to create or update release notes, generate a changelog for a tag, or mentions release notes, docs PR, or documentation for a release.

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Release Note Docs PR

Overview

Turn a release tag such as v1.35.7 into an updated docs-site release note and open a PR targeting the documentation branch.

Quick Start

Replace <SKILL_DIR> with the path of this skill directory.

python3 <SKILL_DIR>/scripts/create_release_note_doc_pr.py --tag v1.35.7

Requirements

  • Clean git working tree
  • gh CLI installed and authenticated
  • GitHub token available through GITHUB_TOKEN, GH_TOKEN, or gh auth token

Default remote behavior:

  • Base remote defaults to upstream when it has the docs branch; otherwise origin
  • Push remote defaults to origin
  • PR target repo and head owner are derived from the selected remotes unless overridden

What It Does

  1. Resolves remotes, repo, and owner defaults for a fork-to-upstream workflow
  2. Resolves GitHub credentials from environment variables or gh auth token
  3. Checks whether an open PR already exists for the branch
  4. Fetches the base branch and creates doc/release-note-<tag> from it
  5. Runs ./hack/generate-release-note.sh <tag> <temp-output> true by default
  6. Validates the generated docs content before commit
  7. Commits only content/en/blog/releases/<tag>.md, pushes the branch, and opens a PR with labels kind/documentation and release-note-none
  8. Restores the original branch after completion

Script Usage

python3 <SKILL_DIR>/scripts/create_release_note_doc_pr.py \
  --tag <vX.Y.Z> [--no-generate] [--dry-run] [--force-push] \
  [--base-remote <name>] [--push-remote <name>] [--base-branch <name>] \
  [--target-repo <owner/repo>] [--head-owner <owner>]

Common flags:

  • --no-generate: Skip hack/generate-release-note.sh when the file is already updated
  • --dry-run: Print commands without executing them
  • --force-push: Push with --force-with-lease
  • --base-remote: Override the remote used for the base branch
  • --push-remote: Override the remote used to push the branch
  • --base-branch: Override the docs base branch, default documentation
  • --target-repo: Set the PR target repo explicitly
  • --head-owner: Set the PR head owner explicitly

Error Handling

If the script or any command fails, do not make up new scripts to work around the error and do not fabricate or guess at content. Instead, report the failure and exact error message to the user and let them decide how to proceed.

Troubleshooting

  • If repo or owner detection is wrong, pass --target-repo and --head-owner explicitly
  • If token resolution fails, export GITHUB_TOKEN or GH_TOKEN, or run gh auth login
  • If the generated file is empty or malformed, rerun without --no-generate