finish-release

Pre-operation Checks

Verify working tree is clean and current branch matches release/* per ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/references/invariants.md.

Phase 1: Identify Version

Goal: Determine release version from current branch or argument.

Actions:

1. If $ARGUMENTS provided, use it as version (strip ‘v’ prefix if present)
2. Otherwise, extract from current branch: git branch --show-current (strip release/ prefix)
3. Store clean version without ‘v’ prefix (e.g., “1.0.0”)

Phase 2: Pre-finish Checks

Goal: Run tests before finishing.

Actions:

1. Identify test commands (check package.json, Makefile, etc.)
2. Run tests if available; exit if tests fail

Phase 3: Update Changelog

Goal: Generate changelog from commits.

Actions:

1. Get previous tag: git tag --sort=-v:refname | head -1
2. Collect commits per ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/references/changelog-generation.md
3. Update CHANGELOG.md per ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/examples/changelog.md
4. Commit: chore: update changelog for v$VERSION with Co-Authored-By footer

Phase 4: Finish Release

Goal: Complete release using git-flow-next CLI.

Actions:

1. Run git flow release finish $VERSION --tagname "v$VERSION" -m "Release v$VERSION"
2. Verify current branch: git branch --show-current (should be on develop)
3. Push all: git push origin main develop --tags

Phase 5: GitHub Release

Goal: Create GitHub release from existing tag.

Actions:

1. Extract changelog for this version from CHANGELOG.md
2. Run gh release create "v$VERSION" --title "v$VERSION" --notes "<changelog>" --verify-tag