Publish Github Releases

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
62/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
github, java
Domain
release

Research direction

Start by reading the repository’s release and publishing configuration to see how versions are prepared and whether GitHub releases are already part of the process; the issue does not name specific files or tests. Done means publishing GitHub releases with notes that dependency bots such as Dependabot can display when versions are upgraded.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

When a dependency bot (e.g. Dependabot) bumps a jackson-databind version, the PR only contains a list of commits. It doesn't have release notes, which it (Dependabot) sources from 1. GitHub releases or (2) a changelog file (CHANGELOG*, CHANGES*, HISTORY*, RELEASE*, …) in the repo root (Dependabot also checks doc//docs/).

Describe the solution you'd like

Publish GitHub releases so dependency bots (e.g. Dependabot) can parse and display release notes on version upgrade PRs.

Usage example

No response

Additional context

Hope this is the right issue template. Thank you! If this is something you are interested, please let me know and I am happy to help!

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Getting set up

This project ships no dev container, Dockerfile or contributing guide, so setting up is up to you: start from its README, and see our first-contribution guide for the general steps.

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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