Release tooling: Fix getting changes from wrong tag

docs/versions/next.json

@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-{"version":"7.2.0-alpha.0","info":{"plain":"- Angular: Make enableProdMode optional - [#23489](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23489), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- Features: For 7.2 - [#23446](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23446), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- Svelte-vite: Improve error when sveltekit plugins found in non-sveltekit projects - [#23472](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23472), thanks [@yannbf](https://github.com/yannbf)!\n- Svelte-vite: Remove unused import - [#23475](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23475), thanks [@yannbf](https://github.com/yannbf)!"}}
+{
+  "version": "7.2.0-alpha.0",
+  "info": {
+    "plain": "- Angular: Make enableProdMode optional - [#23489](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23489), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n- Router: Support RegExp in Route component - [#23292](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23292), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- UI: Improve tabs component, more type correct, allow for FC as title - [#23288](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23288), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- Addons: Improve code quality by using title as FC & sharing state via useAddonState - [#23298](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23298), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- InteractionsAddon: Improve code quality by using title as FC & sharing state via useAddonState - [#23291](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23291), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- UI: Add storyStatus to sidebar UI - [#23342](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23342), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- Addon API: Add experimental page addon type - [#23307](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23307), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- UI: refactor Canvas component so we can improve types for PREVIEW addons and TAB addons - [#23311](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23311), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- UI: Improve Button layout and props - [#23356](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23356), thanks [@cdedreuille](https://github.com/cdedreuille)!\n- Dependencies: Remove references to api and the 2 deprecated channel packages - [#23384](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23384), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- UI: Show the story status in the search results - [#23441](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23441), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- UI: Create new form elements in the new Core UI (Input, TextArea, Select) - [#23469](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23469), thanks [@cdedreuille](https://github.com/cdedreuille)!\n- CLI: Improve support of mono repositories - [#23458](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23458), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!\n"
+  }
+}

scripts/release/is-pr-frozen.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import program from 'commander';
-import { simpleGit } from 'simple-git';
 import { setOutput } from '@actions/core';
 import path from 'path';
 import { readJson } from 'fs-extra';
 import { getPullInfoFromCommit } from './utils/get-github-info';
+import { git } from './utils/git-client';
 
 program
   .name('is-pr-frozen')
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ program
   .option('-P, --patch', 'Look for patch PR instead of prerelease PR', false)
   .option('-V, --verbose', 'Enable verbose logging', false);
 
-const git = simpleGit();
-
 const CODE_DIR_PATH = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'code');
 const CODE_PACKAGE_JSON_PATH = path.join(CODE_DIR_PATH, 'package.json');
 

scripts/release/pick-patches.ts

@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 import type { GraphQlQueryResponseData } from '@octokit/graphql';
 import ora from 'ora';
-import { simpleGit } from 'simple-git';
 import { setOutput } from '@actions/core';
 import { getUnpickedPRs } from './utils/get-unpicked-prs';
 import { githubGraphQlClient } from './utils/github-client';
+import { git } from './utils/git-client';
 
 program.name('pick-patches').description('Cherry pick patch PRs back to main');
 
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ const OWNER = 'storybookjs';
 const REPO = 'storybook';
 const SOURCE_BRANCH = 'next';
 
-const git = simpleGit();
-
 interface PR {
   number: number;
   id: string;

scripts/release/utils/get-changes.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import semver from 'semver';
 import type { PullRequestInfo } from './get-github-info';
 import { getPullInfoFromCommit } from './get-github-info';
 import { getUnpickedPRs } from './get-unpicked-prs';
-import { git } from './git-client';
+import { getLatestTag, git } from './git-client';
 
 export const RELEASED_LABELS = {
   'BREAKING CHANGE': '❗ Breaking Change',
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ export const getFromCommit = async (from?: string | undefined, verbose?: boolean
   let actualFrom = from;
   if (!from) {
     console.log(`🔍 No 'from' specified, finding latest version tag, fetching all of them...`);
-    // await git.fetch('origin', ['--all', '--tags']);
-    const { latest } = await git.tags(['v*', '--sort=-v:refname', '--merged']);
+    const latest = await getLatestTag();
     if (!latest) {
       throw new Error(
         'Could not automatically detect which commit to generate from, because no version tag was found in the history. Have you fetch tags?'

scripts/release/utils/git-client.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,33 @@
 import { simpleGit } from 'simple-git';
 
-export const git = simpleGit();
+export const git = simpleGit({
+  config: [
+    /**
+     * ensures that prereleases are listed as earlier than stable releases.
+     * WITHOUT the config, this is the list of tags:
+     * v7.1.0-rc.2
+     * v7.1.0-rc.1
+     * v7.1.0-rc.0
+     * v7.1.0-beta.3
+     * ...
+     * v7.1.0
+     * v7.0.2
+     *
+     * WITH the config, v7.1.0 is correctly on the top:
+     * v7.1.0
+     * v7.1.0-rc.2
+     * v7.1.0-rc.1
+     * v7.1.0-rc.0
+     * v7.1.0-beta.3
+     * ...
+     * v7.0.2
+     *
+     * The top most tag is considered the "latest", which is used as a starting point for looking for changes for upcoming releases
+     * See https://stackoverflow.com/a/52680984
+     */
+    'versionsort.suffix=-',
+  ],
+});
 
 export async function getLatestTag() {
   return (await git.tags(['v*', '--sort=-v:refname', '--merged'])).latest;