.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -464,38 +464,57 @@ jobs:
           # Push to current branch
           git push || true
 
-          # Also update updates.xml on main via Gitea API (git push blocked by branch protection)
+          # Sync updates.xml to main via PR (respects branch protection)
           if [ "$CURRENT_BRANCH" != "main" ]; then
             GA_TOKEN="${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}"
             API="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}"
+            PR_BRANCH="chore/update-xml-${VERSION}"
 
-            # Get current file SHA on main (required for update)
+            # Create branch from main
+            curl -sf -X POST -H "Authorization: token ${GA_TOKEN}" \
+              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+              "${API}/branches" \
+              -d "$(jq -n --arg name "$PR_BRANCH" '{new_branch_name: $name, old_branch_name: "main"}')" > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
+            # Update updates.xml on the PR branch
             FILE_SHA=$(curl -sf -H "Authorization: token ${GA_TOKEN}" \
-              "${API}/contents/updates.xml?ref=main" | jq -r '.sha // empty')
+              "${API}/contents/updates.xml?ref=${PR_BRANCH}" | jq -r '.sha // empty')
 
             if [ -n "$FILE_SHA" ]; then
-              # Base64-encode the updates.xml content from working tree (has updated SHA)
               CONTENT=$(base64 -w0 updates.xml)
-
-              RESPONSE=$(curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" -X PUT -H "Authorization: token ${GA_TOKEN}" \
+              curl -sf -X PUT -H "Authorization: token ${GA_TOKEN}" \
                 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
                 "${API}/contents/updates.xml" \
                 -d "$(jq -n \
                   --arg content "$CONTENT" \
                   --arg sha "$FILE_SHA" \
-                  --arg msg "chore: update ${STABILITY} channel to ${VERSION} on main [skip ci]" \
-                  --arg branch "main" \
+                  --arg msg "chore: update ${STABILITY} channel to ${VERSION} [skip ci]" \
+                  --arg branch "$PR_BRANCH" \
                   '{content: $content, sha: $sha, message: $msg, branch: $branch}'
-                )")
-              HTTP_CODE=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | tail -1)
-              if [ "$HTTP_CODE" = "200" ] || [ "$HTTP_CODE" = "201" ]; then
-                echo "updates.xml synced to main via API (HTTP ${HTTP_CODE})"
-              else
-                echo "WARNING: failed to sync updates.xml to main (HTTP ${HTTP_CODE})"
-                echo "$RESPONSE" | head -5
+                )" > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+              # Create and auto-merge PR
+              PR_NUM=$(curl -sf -X POST -H "Authorization: token ${GA_TOKEN}" \
+                -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+                "${API}/pulls" \
+                -d "$(jq -n \
+                  --arg title "chore: update updates.xml for ${VERSION} [skip ci]" \
+                  --arg head "$PR_BRANCH" \
+                  --arg base "main" \
+                  --arg body "Auto-generated by release workflow." \
+                  '{title: $title, head: $head, base: $base, body: $body}'
+                )" | jq -r '.number // empty')
+
+              if [ -n "$PR_NUM" ]; then
+                curl -sf -X POST -H "Authorization: token ${GA_TOKEN}" \
+                  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+                  "${API}/pulls/${PR_NUM}/merge" \
+                  -d '{"Do":"merge","merge_message_field":"chore: update updates.xml for '"${VERSION}"' [skip ci]"}' > /dev/null 2>&1 \
+                  && echo "updates.xml synced to main via PR #${PR_NUM}" \
+                  || echo "PR #${PR_NUM} created — merge manually"
+                curl -sf -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token ${GA_TOKEN}" \
+                  "${API}/branches/${PR_BRANCH}" > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
               fi
-            else
-              echo "WARNING: could not get file SHA for updates.xml on main"
             fi
           fi