From 1496884c0c886ddfda6c01b350f3102275f69c49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=B6rg=20Thalheim?= <joerg@thalheim.io>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:07:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] modernize create-release.sh

---
 scripts/create-release.sh | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/create-release.sh b/scripts/create-release.sh
index 632633f..759c538 100755
--- a/scripts/create-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/create-release.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ if [[ "$(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD)" != "main" ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+waitForPr() {
+  local pr=$1
+  while true; do
+    if gh pr view "$pr" | grep -q 'MERGED'; then
+      break
+    fi
+    echo "Waiting for PR to be merged..."
+    sleep 5
+  done
+}
+
 # ensure we are up-to-date
 uncommitted_changes=$(git diff --compact-summary)
 if [[ -n "$uncommitted_changes" ]]; then
@@ -28,11 +39,34 @@ if [[ "$unpushed_commits" != "" ]]; then
   echo -e "\nThere are unpushed changes, exiting:\n$unpushed_commits" >&2
   exit 1
 fi
+# make sure tag does not exist
+if git tag -l | grep -q "^${version}\$"; then
+  echo "Tag ${version} already exists, exiting" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
 sed -i -e "s!^version = \".*\"\$!version = \"${version}\"!" Cargo.toml
 cargo build
 git add Cargo.lock Cargo.toml
+git branch -D "release-${version}" || true
+git checkout -b "release-${version}"
 nix flake check -vL
 git commit -m "bump version nix-ld ${version}"
-git tag "${version}"
+git push origin "release-${version}"
+pr_url=$(gh pr create \
+  --base main \
+  --head "release-${version}" \
+  --title "Release ${version}" \
+  --body "Release ${version} of nix-ld")
 
-echo "now run 'git push --tags origin main'"
+# Extract PR number from URL
+pr_number=$(echo "$pr_url" | grep -oE '[0-9]+$')
+
+# Enable auto-merge with specific merge method and delete branch
+gh pr merge "$pr_number" --auto --merge --delete-branch
+git checkout main
+
+waitForPr "release-${version}"
+git pull git@github.com:nix-community/nix-ld main
+git tag "${version}"
+git push --tags origin
+gh release create "${version}" --draft --title "${version}" --notes ""