Add fallback message when preview changelog is empty (#46260)

Joseph T. Lyons created 4 days ago

Avoid publishing preview releasing that say nothing in the release
notes:

<img width="947" height="258" alt="SCR-20260107-ioxx"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/97204551-8f55-43fb-8c9c-35491a4f1378"
/>

Release Notes:

- N/A *or* Added/Fixed/Improved ...

Change summary

script/draft-release-notes | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Detailed changes

script/draft-release-notes

@@ -77,7 +77,12 @@ async function main() {
     }
   }
 
-  console.log(releaseNotes.join("\n") + "\n");
+  if (releaseNotes.length === 0) {
+    const compareUrl = `https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/compare/${priorTag}...${tag}#commits_bucket`;
+    console.log(`No public-facing changes in this release. [View the commits](${compareUrl}).\n`);
+  } else {
+    console.log(releaseNotes.join("\n") + "\n");
+  }
 }
 
 function getCommits(oldTag, newTag) {