ci(release): preserve changelog history and publish release commits

Author: JSONbored

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ jobs:
               echo "xml_related=true" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
               echo "renovate_related=true" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
               echo "tooling_related=true" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+              echo "workflow_related=true" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
               exit 0
             fi
           fi
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ jobs:
         run: exit 1
 
   publish:
-    if: ${{ needs.detect-changes.outputs.build_related == 'true' && github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && needs.detect-changes.outputs.publish_requested == 'true' && needs.integration-tests.result == 'success' }}
+    if: ${{ (needs.detect-changes.outputs.build_related == 'true' || needs.detect-changes.outputs.xml_related == 'true') && github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && needs.detect-changes.outputs.publish_requested == 'true' && needs.integration-tests.result == 'success' }}
     needs:
       - detect-changes
       - validate-template

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           previous_tag="$(python3 scripts/release.py latest-aio-tag)"
           if [[ -n "${previous_tag}" ]]; then
-            git-cliff --config cliff.toml --tag "${RELEASE_VERSION}" "${previous_tag}..HEAD" --output CHANGELOG.md
+            git-cliff --config cliff.toml --tag "${RELEASE_VERSION}" "${previous_tag}..HEAD" --prepend CHANGELOG.md
           else
             git-cliff --config cliff.toml --tag "${RELEASE_VERSION}" --output CHANGELOG.md
           fi