ci: Update release workflow to include changelog and docs

Signed-off-by: Charlie Truong <chtruong@nvidia.com>

Author: chtruong814

.github/workflows/_release_library.yml

@@ -38,6 +38,21 @@ on:
         description: Create a GitHub release
         type: boolean
         default: true
+      gh-release-use-changelog-builder:
+        required: false
+        description: Use release-changelog-builder-action to dynamically build changelog
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+      gh-release-changelog-config:
+        required: false
+        description: Path to changelog builder configuration file
+        type: string
+        default: ".github/workflows/config/changelog-config.json"
+      gh-release-from-tag:
+        required: false
+        description: Starting tag for changelog builder (leave empty for auto-detect)
+        type: string
+        default: ""
     secrets:
       TWINE_USERNAME:
         required: true
@@ -345,12 +360,51 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ inputs.release-ref }}
           token: ${{ secrets.PAT || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
+      - name: Determine fromTag for changelog
+        id: determine-from-tag
+        if: inputs.gh-release-use-changelog-builder == true
+        run: |
+          cd ${{ github.run_id }}
+
+          # If gh-release-from-tag is provided, use it
+          if [[ -n "${{ inputs.gh-release-from-tag }}" ]]; then
+            FROM_TAG="${{ inputs.gh-release-from-tag }}"
+            echo "Using provided fromTag: $FROM_TAG"
+          else
+            # Get the most recent tag
+            FROM_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+            if [[ -z "$FROM_TAG" ]]; then
+              echo "No previous tags found, leaving fromTag empty"
+            else
+              echo "Auto-detected most recent tag: $FROM_TAG"
+            fi
+          fi
+
+          echo "from-tag=$FROM_TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Build Changelog
+        id: build-changelog
+        if: inputs.gh-release-use-changelog-builder == true
+        uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v6.1.0
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          configuration: ${{ github.run_id }}/${{ inputs.gh-release-changelog-config }}
+          owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          repo: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+          ignorePreReleases: "false"
+          failOnError: "false"
+          fromTag: ${{ steps.determine-from-tag.outputs.from-tag }}
+          toTag: ${{ inputs.release-ref }}
+          mode: ${{ inputs.gh-release-changelog-mode }}
+
       - name: Create release
         id: version-number
         env:
           SHA: ${{ inputs.release-ref }}
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
           IS_DRY_RUN: ${{ inputs.dry-run }}
+          BUILT_CHANGELOG: ${{ steps.build-changelog.outputs.changelog }}
         run: |
           cd ${{ github.run_id }}
 
@@ -359,7 +413,10 @@ jobs:
           IS_PRERELEASE=$([[ "$IS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE" == "true" || "$IS_ALPHA" == "true" ]] && echo "true" || echo "false")
           NAME="NVIDIA $PROJECT_NAME ${VERSION}"
 
-          if [[ "$IS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE" == "true" ]]; then
+          # Use built changelog if available, otherwise fall back to CHANGELOG.md
+          if [[ -n "$BUILT_CHANGELOG" ]]; then
+            CHANGELOG="$BUILT_CHANGELOG"
+          elif [[ "$IS_RELEASE_CANDIDATE" == "true" ]]; then
             DATE=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")
             CHANGELOG="Prerelease: $NAME ($DATE)"
           else
@@ -402,6 +459,16 @@ jobs:
             eval "$CMD"
           fi
 
+  publish-docs:
+    needs: [bump-next-version, create-gh-release]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/release-docs.yml
+    with:
+      dry-run: ${{ inputs.dry-run }}
+      publish-as-latest: true
+      docs-version-override: ${{ needs.bump-next-version.outputs.release-version }}
+      build-docs-ref: ${{ inputs.release-ref }}
+    secrets: inherit
+
   notify:
     needs: [build-test-publish-wheels, create-gh-release]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

.github/workflows/config/changelog-config.json

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+    "categories": [],
+    "ignore_labels": [
+      "ignore"
+    ],
+    "sort": "ASC",
+    "template": "\n${{CHANGELOG}}\n\n<details><summary>Changelog Details</summary>\n\n${{UNCATEGORIZED}}\n</details>\n",
+    "pr_template": "- ${{TITLE}} by @${{AUTHOR}} :: PR: #${{NUMBER}}",
+    "commit_template": "- ${{TITLE}} by @${{AUTHOR}}",
+    "empty_template": "${{OWNER}}\n${{REPO}}\n${{FROM_TAG}}\n${{TO_TAG}}",
+    "duplicate_filter": {
+      "pattern": ".+",
+      "on_property": "title",
+      "method": "match"
+    },
+    "transformers": [],
+    "max_tags_to_fetch": 100,
+    "max_pull_requests": 500,
+    "max_back_track_time_days": 365,
+    "exclude_merge_branches": [],
+    "tag_resolver": {
+      "method": "semver"
+    }
+}

.github/workflows/release-docs.yml

@@ -34,10 +34,38 @@ on:
         description: Email addresses to send the notification to. Format as "me@me.com,you@you.com".
         required: false
         type: string
+      build-docs-ref:
+        description: Reference to build the docs from
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ${{ github.sha }}
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      dry-run:
+        description: Whether to run the workflow in dry-run mode
+        required: true
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      publish-as-latest:
+        description: Publish as Latest stable version.
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      docs-version-override:
+        description: Docs version if commit is not tagged
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ""
+      notify-emails:
+        description: Email addresses to send the notification to. Format as "me@me.com,you@you.com".
+        required: false
+        type: string
 
 jobs:
   build-docs:
     uses: NVIDIA-NeMo/FW-CI-templates/.github/workflows/_build_docs.yml@v0.67.0
+    with:
+      ref: ${{ inputs.build-docs-ref }}
 
   publish-docs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -30,6 +30,21 @@ on:
         required: true
         default: true
         type: boolean
+      create-gh-release:
+        description: Create a GitHub release
+        required: true
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      generate-changelog:
+        description: Generate changelog
+        required: false
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      publish-docs:
+        description: Publish docs
+        required: false
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
       version-bump-branch:
         description: Branch for version bump
         required: true
@@ -47,6 +62,8 @@ jobs:
       dry-run: ${{ inputs.dry-run || false }}
       version-bump-branch: ${{ inputs.version-bump-branch || github.ref_name }}
       create-gh-release: ${{ inputs.create-gh-release || true }}
+      gh-release-use-changelog-builder: ${{ inputs.generate-changelog }}
+      publish-docs: ${{ inputs.publish-docs }}
     secrets:
       TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.TWINE_USERNAME }}
       TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TWINE_PASSWORD }}