feat: also release commits of PRs with label "dependencies"

Author: Timo Notheisen

README.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Reusable GitHub Actions for js-soft repositories.
 
 ## release-dependency-updates
 
-Checks whether all commits on a branch since the latest GitHub release were authored by Renovate or Dependabot. If no latest GitHub release exists, it checks all commits on the branch instead. If all checked commits are dependency-bot commits, it creates a GitHub release with generated release notes.
+Checks whether all commits on a branch since the latest GitHub release were authored by Renovate or Dependabot, or are associated with pull requests labeled `dependencies`, `test`, `chore`, `refactoring`, or `ci`. If no latest GitHub release exists, it checks all commits on the branch instead. If all checked commits are releasable commits, it creates a GitHub release with generated release notes.
 
 ```yaml
 jobs:

release-dependency-updates/src/index.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const patchVersionPattern = /^(v?)(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)$/
 
 const botAuthorLogins = new Set(["renovate[bot]", "dependabot[bot]"])
 const botAuthorNames = new Set(["renovate bot", "renovate[bot]", "dependabot[bot]", "dependabot"])
-const ignoredPullRequestLabels = new Set(["test", "chore", "refactoring", "ci"])
+const releasablePullRequestLabels = new Set(["test", "chore", "refactoring", "ci", "dependencies"])
 const botEmailFragments = [
     "renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com",
     "bot@renovateapp.com",
@@ -43,16 +43,16 @@ async function run() {
     }
 
     const { commitCount, commits, nextTag, revisionDescription } = releasePreparation
-    const nonDependencyBotCommits = await getNonDependencyBotCommits(octokit, owner, repo, commits)
-    if (nonDependencyBotCommits.length > 0) {
-        const commitList = nonDependencyBotCommits
+    const nonReleasableCommits = await getNonReleasableCommits(octokit, owner, repo, commits)
+    if (nonReleasableCommits.length > 0) {
+        const commitList = nonReleasableCommits
             .slice(0, 10)
             .map((commit) => `- ${commit.sha.slice(0, 7)} ${commit.commit.message.split("\n")[0]}`)
             .join("\n")
 
         core.notice(
             [
-                `Found ${nonDependencyBotCommits.length} commit(s) in ${revisionDescription} that were not authored by Renovate or Dependabot.`,
+                `Found ${nonReleasableCommits.length} commit(s) in ${revisionDescription} that were not authored by Renovate or Dependabot and do not have a releasable pull request label.`,
                 commitList
             ].join("\n")
         )
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ async function run() {
     }
 
     core.debug(`Checked ${revisionDescription}: ${commitCount} commits.`)
-    core.notice(`Creating ${nextTag} from ${commitCount} dependency-bot commit(s).`)
+    core.notice(`Creating ${nextTag} from ${commitCount} releasable commit(s).`)
     await octokit.rest.repos.createRelease({
         owner,
         repo,
@@ -215,18 +215,18 @@ async function listCommits(octokit: Octokit, owner: string, repo: string, branch
     })
 }
 
-async function getNonDependencyBotCommits(octokit: Octokit, owner: string, repo: string, commits: ReleaseCommit[]) {
-    const nonDependencyBotCommits = []
+async function getNonReleasableCommits(octokit: Octokit, owner: string, repo: string, commits: ReleaseCommit[]) {
+    const nonReleasableCommits = []
 
     for (const commit of commits) {
-        if (isDependencyBotCommit(commit) || (await isIgnoredPullRequestCommit(octokit, owner, repo, commit))) {
+        if (isDependencyBotCommit(commit) || (await hasReleasablePullRequestLabel(octokit, owner, repo, commit))) {
             continue
         }
 
-        nonDependencyBotCommits.push(commit)
+        nonReleasableCommits.push(commit)
     }
 
-    return nonDependencyBotCommits
+    return nonReleasableCommits
 }
 
 function isDependencyBotCommit(commit: ReleaseCommit) {
@@ -244,15 +244,15 @@ function isDependencyBotCommit(commit: ReleaseCommit) {
     return Boolean(authorEmail && botEmailFragments.some((fragment) => authorEmail.includes(fragment)))
 }
 
-async function isIgnoredPullRequestCommit(octokit: Octokit, owner: string, repo: string, commit: ReleaseCommit) {
+async function hasReleasablePullRequestLabel(octokit: Octokit, owner: string, repo: string, commit: ReleaseCommit) {
     const { data: pullRequests } = await octokit.rest.repos.listPullRequestsAssociatedWithCommit({
         owner,
         repo,
         ["commit_sha"]: commit.sha
     })
 
     return pullRequests.some((pullRequest) =>
-        pullRequest.labels.some((label) => ignoredPullRequestLabels.has(label.name.toLowerCase()))
+        pullRequest.labels.some((label) => releasablePullRequestLabels.has(label.name.toLowerCase()))
     )
 }