Function _createGithubReleaseForVersion

ng-dev/release/publish/actions.ts:657–691

* Creates a Github release for the specified version. The release is created * by tagging the version bump commit, and by creating the release entry. * * Expects the version bump commit and changelog to be available in the * upstream remote. * * @param releaseNotes The release note

(
    releaseNotes: ReleaseNotes,
    versionBumpCommitSha: string,
    isPrerelease: boolean,
    showAsLatestOnGitHub: boolean,
  )

   *   the "latest" version of the project. I.e. GitHub will show this version as "latest".
   */
  private async _createGithubReleaseForVersion(
    releaseNotes: ReleaseNotes,
    versionBumpCommitSha: string,
    isPrerelease: boolean,
    showAsLatestOnGitHub: boolean,
  ) {
    const tagName = getReleaseTagForVersion(releaseNotes.version);
    await this.git.github.git.createRef({
      ...this.git.remoteParams,
      ref: `refs/tags/${tagName}`,
      sha: versionBumpCommitSha,
    });
    Log.info(green(`  ✓   Tagged v${releaseNotes.version} release upstream.`));

    let releaseBody = await releaseNotes.getGithubReleaseEntry();

    // If the release body exceeds the Github body limit, we just provide
    // a link to the changelog entry in the Github release entry.
    if (releaseBody.length > githubReleaseBodyLimit) {
      const releaseNotesUrl = await this._getGithubChangelogUrlForRef(releaseNotes, tagName);
      releaseBody =
        `Release notes are too large to be captured here. ` +
        `[View all changes here](${releaseNotesUrl}).`;
    }

    await this.git.github.repos.createRelease({
      ...this.git.remoteParams,
      name: releaseNotes.version.toString(),
      tag_name: tagName,
      prerelease: isPrerelease,
      make_latest: showAsLatestOnGitHub ? 'true' : 'false',
      body: releaseBody,
    });
    Log.info(green(`  ✓   Created v${releaseNotes.version} release in Github.`));
  }

  /** Gets a Github URL that resolves to the release notes in the given ref. */
  private async _getGithubChangelogUrlForRef(releaseNotes: ReleaseNotes, ref: string) {