From 83ef32c838f9e08dec8f60c86146d39d45a38f0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damien Retzinger <damienwebdev@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 17:25:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ci: remove awkward commit requirements for graduating
 releases

---
 .github/workflows/release-please.yml | 70 ++--------------------------
 release-please-config.graduate.json  | 19 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 release-please-config.graduate.json

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index be9dcbf..f6b9cfe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -7,21 +7,20 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       release-mode:
-        description: 'auto = follow conventional commits; rc = bump the rc suffix; stable = open a PR that graduates the current rc to a stable release.'
+        description: 'auto = follow conventional commits; rc = bump the rc suffix; graduate = graduate the current rc to a stable release.'
         type: choice
         required: false
         default: auto
         options:
           - auto
           - rc
-          - stable
+          - graduate
 
 env:
   RELEASE_BRANCH: release-please--branches--main--components--github-actions-magento2
 
 jobs:
   release-please:
-    if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' || inputs.release-mode != 'stable'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GRAYCORE_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          config-file: ${{ inputs.release-mode == 'rc' && 'release-please-config.rc.json' || 'release-please-config.json' }}
+          config-file: ${{ inputs.release-mode == 'rc' && 'release-please-config.rc.json' || (inputs.release-mode == 'graduate' && 'release-please-config.graduate.json' || 'release-please-config.json') }}
 
       - name: Check if release branch exists
         id: branch-check
@@ -85,69 +84,6 @@ jobs:
           git commit -m "chore: pin internal action refs to ${{ steps.pin-refs.outputs.VERSION }}"
           git push origin ${{ env.RELEASE_BRANCH }}
 
-  graduate:
-    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.release-mode == 'stable'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      pull-requests: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          ref: main
-          token: ${{ secrets.GRAYBOT_PIN_BACK_PAT }}
-
-      - name: Compute graduate version
-        id: graduate
-        run: |
-          CURRENT=$(jq -r '."."' .release-please-manifest.json)
-          STABLE="${CURRENT%%-*}"
-          if [ "$CURRENT" = "$STABLE" ]; then
-            echo "::error::Manifest version ${CURRENT} has no prerelease suffix; nothing to graduate."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "CURRENT=${CURRENT}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "STABLE=${STABLE}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Open graduate PR
-        env:
-          GRAYBOT_GPG_KEY: ${{ secrets.GRAYBOT_GPG_KEY }}
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GRAYBOT_PIN_BACK_PAT }}
-          CURRENT: ${{ steps.graduate.outputs.CURRENT }}
-          STABLE: ${{ steps.graduate.outputs.STABLE }}
-        run: |
-          echo "$GRAYBOT_GPG_KEY" | gpg --batch --import
-          export GPG_KEY_ID=$(gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG | grep sec | awk '{print $2}' | cut -d/ -f2)
-          git config --global user.signingkey $GPG_KEY_ID
-          git config --global commit.gpgSign true
-          git config --global user.email "automation@graycore.io"
-          git config --global user.name "Beep Boop"
-          BRANCH="chore/graduate-v${STABLE}"
-          git checkout -b "$BRANCH"
-          git commit --allow-empty \
-            -m "chore: graduate ${CURRENT} to ${STABLE}" \
-            -m "Release-As: ${STABLE}"
-          git push --force origin "$BRANCH"
-          EXISTING=$(gh pr list --head "$BRANCH" --json number --jq '.[0].number // empty')
-          PR_BODY=$(cat <<EOF
-          Graduates the release line from \`${CURRENT}\` to a stable \`${STABLE}\`.
-
-          When this PR is merged to \`main\`, release-please will pick up the \`Release-As\` footer below and open a release PR for \`v${STABLE}\`.
-
-          Release-As: ${STABLE}
-          EOF
-          )
-          if [ -z "$EXISTING" ]; then
-            gh pr create \
-              --base main \
-              --head "$BRANCH" \
-              --title "chore: graduate ${CURRENT} → ${STABLE}" \
-              --body "$PR_BODY"
-          else
-            gh pr edit "$EXISTING" --body "$PR_BODY"
-            echo "PR #$EXISTING already exists for $BRANCH — updated body"
-          fi
-
   pinback:
     needs: release-please
     if: needs.release-please.outputs.releases_created == 'true'
diff --git a/release-please-config.graduate.json b/release-please-config.graduate.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c5020f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.graduate.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "draft-pull-request": true,
+  "prerelease": false,
+  "include-component-in-tag": false,
+  "include-v-in-tag": true,
+  "pull-request-title-pattern": "chore: release ${version}",
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "release-type": "node",
+      "versioning": "prerelease",
+      "extra-files": [
+        { "type": "generic", "path": "*/README.md", "glob": true },
+        { "type": "generic", "path": "docs/workflows/*.md", "glob": true }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}