ci: 👷 handle changelog failure gracefully

.drone.yml

@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@ steps:
       - pip install -U Commitizen
       - cz bump --annotated-tag --yes
       - git push --follow-tags
-      - cz changelog $(cz version -p) > CZ_CURRENT_CHANGELOG.md
+      - cz changelog $(cz version -p) > CZ_CURRENT_CHANGELOG.md || echo "An error occured while generating the changelog."
     environment:
       GIT_USERNAME:
         from_secret: git_username
       GIT_PASSWORD:
         from_secret: git_password
-    failure: ignore
   - name: publish Docker image
     image: plugins/docker
     settings:
@@ -42,8 +41,7 @@ steps:
       notes_file: CZ_CURRENT_CHANGELOG.md
       owner: innopeak
       repo: drone-gitea-release
-    depends_on:
-      - bump tag
+      skip_if_no_notes_file: true
 
 trigger:
   branch:

plugin/plugin.go

@@ -23,18 +23,19 @@ type Args struct {
 	// Level defines the plugin log level.
 	Level string `envconfig:"PLUGIN_LOG_LEVEL"`
 
-	GiteaUrl        string `envconfig:"PLUGIN_GITEA_URL"`
-	GiteaUsername   string `envconfig:"PLUGIN_GITEA_USERNAME"`
-	GiteaPassword   string `envconfig:"PLUGIN_GITEA_PASSWORD"`
-	Owner           string `envconfig:"PLUGIN_OWNER"`
-	Repo            string `envconfig:"PLUGIN_REPO"`
-	TitleFormat     string `envconfig:"PLUGIN_TITLE_FORMAT"`
-	UseLatestGitTag bool   `envconfig:"PLUGIN_USE_LATEST_GIT_TAG" default:"true"`
-	TagFile         string `envconfig:"PLUGIN_TAG_FILE"`
-	TagRegex        string `envconfig:"PLUGIN_TAG_REGEX"`
-	NotesFile       string `envconfig:"PLUGIN_NOTES_FILE"`
-	Notes           string `envconfig:"PLUGIN_NOTES"`
-	IsPrerelease    bool   `envconfig:"PLUGIN_IS_PRERELEASE"`
+	GiteaUrl          string `envconfig:"PLUGIN_GITEA_URL"`
+	GiteaUsername     string `envconfig:"PLUGIN_GITEA_USERNAME"`
+	GiteaPassword     string `envconfig:"PLUGIN_GITEA_PASSWORD"`
+	Owner             string `envconfig:"PLUGIN_OWNER"`
+	Repo              string `envconfig:"PLUGIN_REPO"`
+	TitleFormat       string `envconfig:"PLUGIN_TITLE_FORMAT"`
+	UseLatestGitTag   bool   `envconfig:"PLUGIN_USE_LATEST_GIT_TAG" default:"true"`
+	TagFile           string `envconfig:"PLUGIN_TAG_FILE"`
+	TagRegex          string `envconfig:"PLUGIN_TAG_REGEX"`
+	NotesFile         string `envconfig:"PLUGIN_NOTES_FILE"`
+	Notes             string `envconfig:"PLUGIN_NOTES"`
+	IsPrerelease      bool   `envconfig:"PLUGIN_IS_PRERELEASE"`
+	SkipIfNoNotesFile bool   `envconfig:"PLUGIN_SKIP_IF_NO_NOTES_FILE"`
 }
 
 type TitleTemplateCtx struct {
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ func Exec(ctx context.Context, args Args) error {
 		content, err := os.ReadFile(args.NotesFile)
 
 		if err != nil {
+			if os.IsNotExist(err) && args.SkipIfNoNotesFile {
+				fmt.Println("No notes file found, skipping release")
+				return nil
+			}
 			return fmt.Errorf("error reading notes file %w", err)
 		}