Rewrite Bash Script found in a step of 'Update changelog.md on Releas…

…e' GitHub Workflow

.github/workflows/createchangelog.yml

@@ -15,21 +15,89 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Get all releases and update changelog.md file
       run: |
-        # Fetch all releases including pre-releases using GitHub CLI
-        gh release list --exclude-drafts --exclude-pre-releases --limit 1000000 > releases.txt
-        
-        # Extract numeric versions and create changelog.md content
-        echo "" > docs/changelog.md
+        # Initialize some values
+        changelog_path="docs/changelog.md"
+        gh release list --exclude-drafts --json tagName,name,isLatest,isPrerelease --limit 1000000 > releases.txt
+        declare -rA number_of_releases=$(cat releases.txt | grep -Po '"tagName"' | wc --lines)
+
+        # Clear the contents of 'docs/changelog.md' file
+        echo "" > $changelog_path
+
+        # Make array for git tag names
+        tag_arr=()
+        cat releases.txt | grep -Po '"tagName":.*?[^\\]"' | awk -F ':' '{print $2}' | sed s/\"//g > tags_list.txt
+        while read -r line; do
+          tag_arr+=("$line")
+        done < tags_list.txt
+
+        # Make array for releases names
+        name_arr=()
+        cat releases.txt | grep -Po '"name":.*?[^\\]"' | awk -F ':' '{print $2}' | sed s/\"//g > releases_names_list.txt
+        while read -r line; do
+          name_arr+=("$line")
+        done < releases_names_list.txt
+
+        # Make array for isPrerelease
+        isprerelease_arr=()
+        cat releases.txt | grep -Po '"isPrerelease":.*?[^\\]"' | awk -F ':' '{print $2}' | sed s/\"//g | sed s/,//g > isprerelease_list.txt
+        while read -r line; do
+          isprerelease_arr+=("$line")
+        done < isprerelease_list.txt
+
+        # Make array for isLatest
+        islatest_arr=()
+        cat releases.txt | grep -Po '"isLatest":.*?[^\\]"' | awk -F ':' '{print $2}' | sed s/\"//g | sed s/,//g > islatest_list.txt
         while read -r line; do
-          tag=$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $1}')
-          name=$(echo "$line" | awk -F'\t' '{print $2}')
+          islatest_arr+=("$line")
+        done < islatest_list.txt
+
+        # Debug Output
+        echo "Tag Array: " ${tag_arr[@]}
+        echo "Array Length: " ${#tag_arr[@]}
+        echo ""
+
+        echo "Release Name Array: " ${name_arr[@]}
+        echo "Array Length: " ${#name_arr[@]}
+        echo ""
+
+        echo "IsPrerelease Array: " ${isprerelease_arr[@]}
+        echo "Array Length: " ${#isprerelease_arr[@]}
+        echo ""
+
+        echo "IsLatest Array: " ${islatest_arr[@]}
+        echo "Array Length: " ${#islatest_arr[@]}
+        echo ""
+
+        # Exit when this impossible condition is met (just to be safe)
+        if [[ ! (${#tag_arr[@]}==${#name_arr[@]} && ${#tag_arr[@]}==${#isprerelease_arr[@]} && ${#tag_arr[@]}==${#islatest_arr[@]} ) ]] ; then
+          echo "Impossible Condition has been met, the Name Array Length Does Not match Tag Array Length, exiting..."
+          exit 1
+        fi
+
+        # Main loop that does the heavy lifting (Content Generation)
+        for (( i=0; i<${number_of_releases}; i++ ));
+        do
+          # The Variables to use on each iteration
+          tag=${tag_arr[$i]}
+          name=${name_arr[$i]}
+          isprerelease=${isprerelease_arr[$i]}
+          islatest=${islatest_arr[$i]}
           version_numeric=$(echo "$tag" | grep -o -E '[0-9.]+')
           body=$(gh release view "$tag" --json body --jq .body)
-          echo "## $version_numeric" >> docs/changelog.md
-          echo "Release name: $name" >> docs/changelog.md
-          echo "Release body: $body" >> docs/changelog.md
-          echo "" >> docs/changelog.md
-        done < releases.txt
+
+          # The generation of changelog file contents
+          echo "# Changelog" >> $changelog_path
+          echo "" >> $changelog_path
+          echo "WinUtil change log received from GitHub Releases, it's autogenerated using GitHub Actions." >> $changelog_path
+          echo "" >> $changelog_path
+          echo "> [!WARNING]" >> $changelog_path
+          echo "> This file **SHOULD NOT** be edited directly, any PRs that tries changing it directly will either be requested on not changing it, or it'll get rejected." >> $changelog_path
+          echo "" >> $changelog_path
+          echo "# $version_numeric" >> $changelog_path
+          echo "Release name: $name" >> $changelog_path
+          echo "Release body: $body" >> $changelog_path
+          echo "" >> $changelog_path
+        done
       env:
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}