From b437cbf6e100f4c9295441827c3b5d0f92cd2e4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kyle Bolen <kbolen@amazon.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026 03:49:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] release.sh: auto-generate notes from git log, prompt to
 accept/edit/quit

---
 release.sh | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index b4d9af9..07c99cc 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -29,16 +29,45 @@ fi
 VERSION="$1"
 TAG="v${VERSION}"
 
-# Release notes: from argument or prompt
+# Release notes: from argument, or auto-generate from git log
 if [ $# -ge 2 ]; then
     NOTES="$2"
 else
-    echo "Enter release notes (press Enter twice when done):"
-    NOTES=""
-    while IFS= read -r line; do
-        [[ -z "$line" ]] && break
-        NOTES="${NOTES}${line}\n"
-    done
+    # Auto-generate from git log since last tag (or all commits if no tags yet)
+    LAST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+    if [ -n "$LAST_TAG" ]; then
+        RAW_LOG=$(git log "${LAST_TAG}..HEAD" --oneline --no-merges)
+        LOG_RANGE="since $LAST_TAG"
+    else
+        RAW_LOG=$(git log --oneline --no-merges | head -30)
+        LOG_RANGE="all commits"
+    fi
+
+    echo ""
+    echo "Auto-generated release notes ($LOG_RANGE):"
+    echo "──────────────────────────────────────────"
+    echo "$RAW_LOG"
+    echo "──────────────────────────────────────────"
+    echo ""
+    echo "Accept these as release notes? [y=yes, e=edit, q=quit]"
+    read -r CHOICE
+
+    case "$CHOICE" in
+        y|Y)
+            NOTES="$RAW_LOG"
+            ;;
+        e|E)
+            TMPFILE=$(mktemp /tmp/photophetch-release-notes.XXXXXX.md)
+            echo "$RAW_LOG" > "$TMPFILE"
+            ${EDITOR:-nano} "$TMPFILE"
+            NOTES=$(cat "$TMPFILE")
+            rm -f "$TMPFILE"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "Aborted."
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
 fi
 
 # Gitea token