From a3df7b8125d5bd57f5c17611194a0108e9dcc2cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Heyer <josh.heyer@enterprisedb.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 05:38:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] regen release notes: don't fail when nothing changed

---
 .github/workflows/generate-release-notes.yml | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-release-notes.yml b/.github/workflows/generate-release-notes.yml
index 369403d0c9f..613e284dc05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-release-notes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-release-notes.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
     paths:
       - "**/src/*.yml"
       - "**/src/*.yaml"
-jobs:
+jobs: 
   release-notes:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -39,8 +39,15 @@ jobs:
           for rnmetapath in ./content/**/src/meta.yml; do
           ./tools/tools/automation/generators/relgen/relgen.js -p ${rnmetapath%/src/meta.yml}
           done
+
+      - name: check for modified files
+        id: changes
+        run: |
+          cd ./content
+          echo "files=`git ls-files --other --modified --exclude-standard | wc -l`" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         
       - name: commit modified files
+        if: steps.changes.outputs.files > 0
         run: |
           cd ./content
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"