Release helper script

[soapy1]

Description

This PR proposes a script to automate some manual steps of the current release process. Used this script to cut the latest release (2024.11.2) and it made things go pretty quick and smooth.

Note, this is not a replacement for #861 or #911, we should definitely still do those.

You can test out running this script by (following the setup instructions and then) running

$ ./cut-release-pr.sh -r release_version -c conda_store_ui_version

This will:

• create a new branch release-<release_version>
• put you on that branch
• update the versions of conda-store, conda-store-server, conda-store-ui
• update the changelog using the github-activity tool
• use hatch to build and check the package version
• use twine to check the validity of the package
• commit the changes to your branch with a release commit

Pull request checklist

• Did you test this change locally?
• Did you update the documentation (if required)?
• Did you add/update relevant tests for this change (if required)?

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[soapy1]

Having this as a bash script is pretty clunky. It would be nice if this was a github action workflow. I think that would take a bit more work. Can iterate on it if this is a direction we want to go.

[peytondmurray]

Yes please! If it's totally automated, we should be able to run this in github-actions.

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[peytondmurray]

Thanks, this greatly reduces the maintenance overhead for releasing. 🚀

[peytondmurray]

Yes please! If it's totally automated, we should be able to run this in github-actions.