From 7dee94da6f030879424cd837bae54361a5242867 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MasterAcnolo <axel.ncls@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:01:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: extract CHANGELOG into a separated file. Should
 avoid characters issue

---
 scripts/CHANGELOG.md |  1 +
 scripts/release.sh   | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 scripts/CHANGELOG.md

diff --git a/scripts/CHANGELOG.md b/scripts/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5c3c0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[//]: # (This file is used for the release CHANGELOG. Please use Markdown to describe changes.)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index bf7393a..0816e80 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"
 VERSION=$(node -p "require('$ROOT_DIR/package.json').version")
 
-f [[ "$VERSION" == *"-preview"* ]]; then
+if [[ "$VERSION" == *"-preview"* ]]; then
     echo "Error: The current version ($VERSION) is a 'preview"
     echo "Unable to launch release pipeline. Please update the package.json with a stable version.."
     exit 1
@@ -64,6 +64,16 @@ echo "[0/5] Cleaning workspace..."
 rm -rf "$ROOT_DIR/dist" "$ROOT_DIR/srpm-out"
 echo "Workspace cleaned (dist/ and srpm-out/ removed)"
 
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+# Step 0.3 - Retrieve Changelog
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+if [ ! -f "$ROOT_DIR/CHANGELOG.md" ]; then
+    echo "Warning: CHANGELOG.md not found, release notes will be empty."
+    CHANGELOG=""
+else
+    CHANGELOG="$(cat "$ROOT_DIR/CHANGELOG.md")"
+    echo "Changelog retrieved successfully"
+fi
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 # Step 1 - Build Linux packages (AppImage, deb, snap)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -105,6 +115,10 @@ PREV_TAG=$(git rev-list --tags --skip=1 --max-count=1 | xargs git describe --tag
 
 RELEASE_NOTES="# Freedom Loader - $VERSION
 
+## Changelog
+
+$CHANGELOG
+
 ## Found a bug or issue?
 Please report it in the [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/MasterAcnolo/Freedom-Loader/issues) section.