From 5dbf984f6200e2b6f013ae4464374ac69c4b2881 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ClementTsang <dev@cjhtsang.ca>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 23:34:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] replace softprops/action-gh-release with gh release

---
 .github/ci/release_notes.md      | 17 +++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/deployment.yml | 36 +++++---------------------------
 .github/workflows/nightly.yml    | 16 +++++---------
 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .github/ci/release_notes.md

diff --git a/.github/ci/release_notes.md b/.github/ci/release_notes.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0f831f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/ci/release_notes.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<!-- Write summary here -->
+
+---
+
+## Bug Fixes
+
+## Features
+
+## Changes
+
+## Other
+
+## Internal Changes
+
+## New Contributors
+
+---
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deployment.yml b/.github/workflows/deployment.yml
index 27c835e8..92c33c46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deployment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deployment.yml
@@ -129,34 +129,8 @@ jobs:
           echo "Generated $(ls ./release | wc -l) files:"
           du -h -d 0 ./release/*
 
-      - name: Create release and add release files
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@c062e08bd532815e2082a85e87e3ef29c3e6d191 # 2.0.8
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          prerelease: false
-          tag_name: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
-          draft: true
-          fail_on_unmatched_files: true
-          name: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }} Release
-          body: |
-            <!-- Write summary here -->
-
-            ---
-
-            ## Bug Fixes
-              
-            ## Features
-              
-            ## Changes
-
-            ## Other
-
-            ## Internal Changes
-
-            ## New Contributors
-
-            ---
-
-            **Full Changelog:**
-          files: |
-            ./release/*
+      - name: Create release with files
+        run: |
+          gh release create "${RELEASE_VERSION}" ./release/* --title "${RELEASE_VERSION} Release" --notes-file ./.github/ci/release_notes.md --draft --generate-notes --fail-on-no-commits
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index d40c01e0..b83a33bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -135,18 +135,12 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       # As a workaround to immutable releases, we create it as a draft first, then manually publish it after.
-      - name: Add all release files and create nightly release if not mock
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@c062e08bd532815e2082a85e87e3ef29c3e6d191 # 2.0.8
+      - name: Create nightly release with files if not mock
         if: github.event.inputs.isMock != 'true'
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          prerelease: true
-          tag_name: ${{ env.TAG_NAME }}
-          draft: true
-          fail_on_unmatched_files: true
-          name: ${{ env.RELEASE_NAME }}
-          files: |
-            ./release/*
+        run: |
+          gh release create "${TAG_NAME}" ./release/* --title "${RELEASE_NAME}" --draft --prerelease
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Publish the draft release
         if: github.event.inputs.isMock != 'true'