chore: add git-cliff configuration

feat(release): implement incremental changelog and versioned release workflow

- Generate changelog from previous release tag to HEAD
- Replace full-history changelog with incremental git-cliff usage
- Add automatic version bump from date-based tag
- Commit and push version updates (package.json and lockfile)
- Refactor workflow order to align changelog, versioning, and build
- Improve Node setup and add version checks
- Introduce cliff.toml configuration for grouped changelog output
- Add generated version.json for runtime version display
- Update footer layout to include dynamic version and release link

Signed-off-by: Alexander Lyall <alex@adcm.uk>

.gitea/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Stop if this is the bot changelog commit
+      - name: Stop if this is the bot changelog/version commit
         shell: bash
         run: |
           set -e
@@ -36,58 +36,6 @@ jobs:
           sudo install /tmp/git-cliff-*/git-cliff /usr/local/bin/git-cliff
           git-cliff --version
 
-      - name: Generate CHANGELOG.md (Keep a Changelog)
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          git-cliff --config cliff.toml --output CHANGELOG.md
-          test -s CHANGELOG.md
-
-      - name: Commit and push CHANGELOG.md if changed (CHANGELOG_PAT)
-        shell: bash
-        env:
-          CHANGELOG_PAT: ${{ secrets.CHANGELOG_PAT }}
-        run: |
-          set -e
-
-          if git diff --quiet -- CHANGELOG.md; then
-            echo "No changelog changes."
-          else
-            git config user.name "changelog-bot"
-            git config user.email "changelog-bot@users.noreply.local"
-
-            git add CHANGELOG.md
-            git commit -m "docs(changelog): update changelog [skip ci]"
-
-            origin_url="$(git remote get-url origin)"
-
-            # Convert SSH origin to HTTPS if needed
-            if echo "$origin_url" | grep -q "^git@"; then
-              host="$(echo "$origin_url" | sed -E 's#git@([^:]+):.*#\1#')"
-              path="$(echo "$origin_url" | sed -E 's#git@[^:]+:(.*)#\1#')"
-              origin_url="https://$host/$path"
-            fi
-
-            authed_url="$(echo "$origin_url" | sed -E "s#^https://#https://oauth2:${CHANGELOG_PAT}@#")"
-            git push "$authed_url" HEAD:main
-          fi
-
-      - name: Extract newest changelog section for release body
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          awk '
-            /^## / { if (seen) exit; seen=1 }
-            seen { print }
-          ' CHANGELOG.md > RELEASE_NOTES.md
-
-          sed -i 's/[[:space:]]*$//' RELEASE_NOTES.md
-
-          test -s RELEASE_NOTES.md
-          echo "---- RELEASE_NOTES.md ----"
-          head -n 60 RELEASE_NOTES.md
-          echo "--------------------------"
-
       - name: Prepare YY.MM.DD letter-suffix tag + release name
         shell: bash
         run: |
@@ -139,13 +87,87 @@ jobs:
           echo "Release name: $RELEASE_NAME"
           echo "Release URL: $RELEASE_URL"
 
+      - name: Find previous release tag
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -e
+
+          PREV_TAG="$(
+            git tag --list 'v*' \
+              | grep -E '^v[0-9]{2}\.[0-9]{2}\.[0-9]{2}[a-z]$' \
+              | sort -V \
+              | tail -n 1
+          )"
+
+          if [ -n "$PREV_TAG" ]; then
+            echo "PREV_TAG=$PREV_TAG" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+            echo "Previous release tag: $PREV_TAG"
+          else
+            echo "PREV_TAG=" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+            echo "No previous release tag found."
+          fi
+
+      - name: Generate CHANGELOG.md from previous release to HEAD
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -e
+
+          if [ -n "${PREV_TAG}" ]; then
+            echo "Generating changelog from ${PREV_TAG}..HEAD"
+            git-cliff --config cliff.toml "${PREV_TAG}..HEAD" --output CHANGELOG.md
+          else
+            echo "Generating changelog from full history"
+            git-cliff --config cliff.toml --output CHANGELOG.md
+          fi
+
+          test -s CHANGELOG.md
+          echo "---- CHANGELOG.md ----"
+          head -n 120 CHANGELOG.md
+          echo "----------------------"
+
+      - name: Commit and push CHANGELOG.md if changed (CHANGELOG_PAT)
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          CHANGELOG_PAT: ${{ secrets.CHANGELOG_PAT }}
+        run: |
+          set -e
+
+          if git diff --quiet -- CHANGELOG.md; then
+            echo "No changelog changes."
+          else
+            git config user.name "changelog-bot"
+            git config user.email "changelog-bot@users.noreply.local"
+
+            git add CHANGELOG.md
+            git commit -m "docs(changelog): update changelog [skip ci]"
+
+            origin_url="$(git remote get-url origin)"
+
+            if echo "$origin_url" | grep -q "^git@"; then
+              host="$(echo "$origin_url" | sed -E 's#git@([^:]+):.*#\1#')"
+              path="$(echo "$origin_url" | sed -E 's#git@[^:]+:(.*)#\1#')"
+              origin_url="https://$host/$path"
+            fi
+
+            authed_url="$(echo "$origin_url" | sed -E "s#^https://#https://oauth2:${CHANGELOG_PAT}@#")"
+            git push "$authed_url" HEAD:main
+          fi
+
+      - name: Prepare release notes
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          cp CHANGELOG.md RELEASE_NOTES.md
+          test -s RELEASE_NOTES.md
+          echo "---- RELEASE_NOTES.md ----"
+          head -n 120 RELEASE_NOTES.md
+          echo "--------------------------"
+
       - name: Derive semver package version from tag
         shell: bash
         run: |
           set -e
 
-          # Convert:
-          # v25.03.21a -> 25.3.21-a
           PACKAGE_VERSION="$(echo "$TAG" | sed -E 's/^v([0-9]{2})\.0?([0-9]{1,2})\.0?([0-9]{1,2})([a-z])$/\1.\2.\3-\4/')"
 
           if [ -z "$PACKAGE_VERSION" ]; then
@@ -174,9 +196,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
-          node-version: 25
+          node-version: 22.12.0
           cache: npm
 
+      - name: Check Node version
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          node -v
+          npm -v
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: bash
         run: |
@@ -195,6 +223,34 @@ jobs:
           echo "package-lock.json version:"
           node -p "require('./package-lock.json').version"
 
+      - name: Commit and push version bump (CHANGELOG_PAT)
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          CHANGELOG_PAT: ${{ secrets.CHANGELOG_PAT }}
+        run: |
+          set -e
+
+          if git diff --quiet -- package.json package-lock.json; then
+            echo "No version changes to commit."
+          else
+            git config user.name "release-bot"
+            git config user.email "release-bot@users.noreply.local"
+
+            git add package.json package-lock.json
+            git commit -m "chore(release): bump version to ${PACKAGE_VERSION} [skip ci]"
+
+            origin_url="$(git remote get-url origin)"
+
+            if echo "$origin_url" | grep -q "^git@"; then
+              host="$(echo "$origin_url" | sed -E 's#git@([^:]+):.*#\1#')"
+              path="$(echo "$origin_url" | sed -E 's#git@[^:]+:(.*)#\1#')"
+              origin_url="https://$host/$path"
+            fi
+
+            authed_url="$(echo "$origin_url" | sed -E "s#^https://#https://oauth2:${CHANGELOG_PAT}@#")"
+            git push "$authed_url" HEAD:main
+          fi
+
       - name: Build Astro site
         shell: bash
         run: |
@@ -306,34 +362,4 @@ jobs:
             -F "attachment=@${ZIP_PATH}" \
             >/dev/null
 
-          echo "✅ Release created: ${RELEASE_NAME} (tag: ${TAG}) with asset uploaded"  
+          echo "✅ Release created: ${RELEASE_NAME} (tag: ${TAG}) with asset uploaded"
-
-      - name: Commit and push version bump (CHANGELOG_PAT)
-        shell: bash
-        env:
-          CHANGELOG_PAT: ${{ secrets.CHANGELOG_PAT }}
-        run: |
-          set -e
-
-          if git diff --quiet -- package.json package-lock.json; then
-            echo "No version changes to commit."
-          else
-            git config user.name "release-bot"
-            git config user.email "release-bot@users.noreply.local"
-
-            git add package.json package-lock.json
-            git commit -m "chore(release): bump version to ${PACKAGE_VERSION} [skip ci]"
-
-            origin_url="$(git remote get-url origin)"
-
-            # Convert SSH → HTTPS if needed
-            if echo "$origin_url" | grep -q "^git@"; then
-              host="$(echo "$origin_url" | sed -E 's#git@([^:]+):.*#\1#')"
-              path="$(echo "$origin_url" | sed -E 's#git@[^:]+:(.*)#\1#')"
-              origin_url="https://$host/$path"
-            fi
-
-            authed_url="$(echo "$origin_url" | sed -E "s#^https://#https://oauth2:${CHANGELOG_PAT}@#")"
-
-            git push "$authed_url" HEAD:main
-          fi

cliff.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+[changelog]
+header = """
+# Changelog
+"""
+
+body = """
+{% for group, commits in commits | group_by(attribute="group") %}
+## {{ group }}
+{% for commit in commits %}
+- {{ commit.message | upper_first }}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endfor %}
+"""
+
+footer = ""
+
+[git]
+conventional_commits = false
+filter_unconventional = false
+split_commits = false
+topo_order = true
+
+# IMPORTANT: match your tag format
+tag_pattern = "^v[0-9]{2}\\.[0-9]{2}\\.[0-9]{2}[a-z]$"
+
+commit_parsers = [
+  { message = "^feat", group = "🚀 Features" },
+  { message = "^fix", group = "🐛 Fixes" },
+  { message = "^refactor", group = "♻️ Refactoring" },
+  { message = "^docs", group = "📚 Documentation" },
+  { message = "^chore", group = "💼 Other" },
+
+  # catch-all so NOTHING is dropped
+  { message = ".*", group = "💼 Other" },
+]

src/generated/version.json

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "version": "dev",
+  "url": "#"
+}

src/layouts/BaseLayout.astro

@@ -64,13 +64,10 @@ const { title = "Computing:Box" } = Astro.props;
               <a href="/legal-code" style="margin-left: 32px; color: var(--muted); text-decoration: underline;">Legal Code</a>
           </div>
         <div>Computer Science Concept Simulators</div>
-          <div>
+        <div>    Version:
-    Version:
     <a href={releaseUrl} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
       {version}
-    </a>
+    </a> • © {new Date().getFullYear()} Computing:Box • Created with ♥ by Mr A Lyall</div>
-  </div>
-        <div>© {new Date().getFullYear()} Computing:Box • Created with ♥ by Mr A Lyall</div>
       </div>
     </footer>
   </body>