From 0632195d8d2258fc5109fa72af024bb79891fde7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Griffin Baxter <74513598+GriffinBaxterSeequent@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:46:44 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] Update CHANGELOG.md GitHub action

Created an action for automatically updating CHANGELOG.md via GitHub
actions.
---
 .github/scripts/create-verified-commit.js | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/update-changelog.yml    | 38 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 103 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/scripts/create-verified-commit.js
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/update-changelog.yml

diff --git a/.github/scripts/create-verified-commit.js b/.github/scripts/create-verified-commit.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45250778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/create-verified-commit.js
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+const { execSync } = require('child_process');
+
+module.exports = async ({ github, context }) => {
+    if (!context.commitMessage) {
+        throw new Error('commitMessage is required in context');
+    }
+
+    const headSha = execSync('git rev-parse HEAD').toString().trim();
+
+    const changedFiles = execSync('git diff --name-only HEAD').toString().trim().split('\n').filter(f => f);
+
+    if (changedFiles.length === 0) {
+      console.log('No changes to commit');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const treeData = [];
+    for (const file of changedFiles) {
+      const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8');
+      treeData.push({
+        path: file,
+        mode: '100644',
+        type: 'blob',
+        content: content
+      });
+    }
+
+    const tree = await github.rest.git.createTree({
+      owner: context.repo.owner,
+      repo: context.repo.repo,
+      tree: treeData,
+      base_tree: headSha
+    });
+
+    const commit = await github.rest.git.createCommit({
+      owner: context.repo.owner,
+      repo: context.repo.repo,
+      message: context.commitMessage,
+      tree: tree.data.sha,
+      parents: [headSha]
+    });
+
+    let targetBranch;
+    const ref = context.ref || '';
+
+    if (ref.startsWith('refs/heads/')) {
+      targetBranch = context.ref.split('/').pop();
+    } else {
+      const repo = await github.rest.repos.get({
+        owner: context.repo.owner,
+        repo: context.repo.repo
+      });
+      targetBranch = repo.data.default_branch;
+    }
+
+    await github.rest.git.updateRef({
+      owner: context.repo.owner,
+      repo: context.repo.repo,
+      ref: `heads/${targetBranch}`,
+      sha: commit.data.sha
+    });
+
+    console.log(`Created verified commit: ${commit.data.sha} on branch ${targetBranch}`);
+};
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1db96ef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: "Update Changelog"
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [released]
+
+jobs:
+  update-changelog:
+    name: Update CHANGELOG.md
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Update Changelog
+        uses: stefanzweifel/changelog-updater-action@v1
+        with:
+          latest-version: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+          release-notes: ${{ github.event.release.body }}
+
+      - name: Check for changes
+        id: changes
+        run: |
+          if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain CHANGELOG.md)" ]; then
+            echo "has_changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "has_changes=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+      - name: Commit and push changes
+        if: steps.changes.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const commitMessage = 'Update CHANGELOG.md';
+            const script = require('${{ github.workspace }}/.github/scripts/create-verified-commit.js');
+            const [owner, repo] = process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY.split('/');
+            await script({ github, context: { ...context, commitMessage, repo: { owner, repo } } });