refactor: Address feedback on release workflow

Author: singhxabhijeet

.github/scripts/update-manifest.js

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+
+// Get the tag from the environment variable GitHub Actions provides
+const tag = process.env.GITHUB_REF_NAME;
+if (!tag) {
+  console.error("Error: GITHUB_REF_NAME environment variable not set.");
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+// The version is the tag name without the 'v' prefix
+const version = tag.substring(1);
+
+// Path to the manifest file
+const manifestPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../frontend/manifest.json');
+
+// Read, update, and write the manifest file
+try {
+  const manifest = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(manifestPath, 'utf8'));
+  manifest.version = version;
+  fs.writeFileSync(manifestPath, JSON.stringify(manifest, null, 2));
+  console.log(`Successfully updated ${manifestPath} to version ${version}`);
+} catch (error) {
+  console.error(`Error updating manifest file: ${error.message}`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
+          # Full history is required for the release notes generator
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup Node.js
@@ -31,17 +32,17 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./frontend
 
       - name: Update manifest.json version
-        run: |
-          node -e "let manifest = require('./frontend/manifest.json'); manifest.version = '${{ github.ref_name }}'.substring(1); require('fs').writeFileSync('./frontend/manifest.json', JSON.stringify(manifest, null, 2));"
-          echo "frontend/manifest.json updated to version ${{ github.ref_name }}"
+        run: node .github/scripts/update-manifest.js
 
       - name: Commit and Update Tag
         run: |
           git config --global user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
           git config --global user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
           git add frontend/manifest.json
-          git commit -m "chore: Bump frontend version to ${{ github.ref_name }}"
           # This command updates the tag to point to the new commit
+          git commit -m "chore: Bump frontend version to ${{ github.ref_name }}"
+          # Force push is required to move the tag to the new commit,
+          # which includes the manifest.json version bump.
           git push origin --force ${{ github.ref_name }}
 
       - name: Build frontend extension