| name | release |
| description | Use when the user wants to release a new desktop app version (发版 / release / 发布新版本) — bumps app/desktop version, writes user-facing release notes into CHANGELOG.md, and opens the release PR that drives the automated tag → build → publish pipeline |
Desktop Release
Opens a version-bump PR for the Kansoku desktop app. Everything after the PR merge is automated:
this skill → release PR (ci.yml gates it) → merge to main
→ desktop-tag.yml creates desktop-vX.Y.Z + dispatches desktop-release.yml
→ build, sign, appcast, publish GitHub Release (notes from CHANGELOG.md)
→ users receive the Sparkle update
Optional argument: patch | minor | major — skips the bump suggestion step.
Steps
1. Preflight (stop with an explanation if any fails)
git status --porcelain
git branch --show-current
git fetch origin main && git rev-list --count main..origin/main
2. Collect what shipped
LAST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --match 'desktop-v*' --abbrev=0)
git log "$LAST_TAG"..HEAD --oneline -- app/
If git describe finds no tag, this is the first release — use the full history of app/. If there are no commits touching app/ since the last tag, stop: nothing to release.
Read the actual diffs of significant commits when the one-line messages aren't enough to describe user-visible changes.
3. Decide the version
Current version: node -p "require('./app/desktop/package.json').version".
If the user passed patch/minor/major, apply it directly. Otherwise suggest one — any feat → minor, only fixes/refactors/chores → patch, breaking changes to user data or workflows → major — and ask the user to confirm the version number before continuing.
4. Write the release notes
Prepend a section to app/desktop/CHANGELOG.md (below the file header, above the previous version's section):
## X.Y.Z — YYYY-MM-DD
- 更新点……
Rules for the notes (they become the GitHub Release body verbatim, and users read them):
- 中文白话, user-facing. Describe what the user will notice, not what the code did. "图表页新增指标开关" not "refactor indicator pipeline".
- Skip internal-only changes (refactors, CI, tests) unless they change behavior users can feel (e.g. faster startup).
- A handful of bullet points; group related commits into one bullet.
- Tickers, CLI/API names, file paths stay in English; no finance jargon without a plain-Chinese gloss.
5. Bump the version
Update version in app/desktop/package.json to the confirmed X.Y.Z.
6. Open the PR
git checkout -b release/desktop-vX.Y.Z
git add app/desktop/package.json app/desktop/CHANGELOG.md
git commit -m "release(desktop): vX.Y.Z"
git push -u origin release/desktop-vX.Y.Z
gh pr create --title "release(desktop): vX.Y.Z" --body "<release notes section>"
PR body = the new CHANGELOG section, plus one line noting that merging will auto-tag and publish the release.
7. Hand off
Show the PR link and remind: merge = release. After merge, desktop-tag.yml tags and dispatches desktop-release.yml; the release publishes automatically and the Sparkle feed goes live immediately.
Then switch back to main: git checkout main.
Guards
- Never tag manually here — tagging is desktop-tag.yml's job after merge.
- Never skip the CHANGELOG section — desktop-release.yml fails the build if the
## X.Y.Z section is missing.
- Version in package.json and the CHANGELOG heading must match exactly (CI cross-checks tag vs package.json).