feat: add configuration for automatically generated release notes and enhance GitHub release command

Author: brunoborges

.github/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Configuration for automatically generated release notes
+# https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/releasing-projects-on-github/automatically-generated-release-notes
+
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - ignore-for-release
+    authors:
+      - dependabot
+      - github-actions[bot]
+  categories:
+    - title: 🚀 Features
+      labels:
+        - enhancement
+        - feature
+    - title: 🐛 Bug Fixes
+      labels:
+        - bug
+        - fix
+    - title: 📚 Documentation
+      labels:
+        - documentation
+        - docs
+    - title: 🔧 Maintenance
+      labels:
+        - chore
+        - maintenance
+        - dependencies
+    - title: 📦 Other Changes
+      labels:
+        - "*"

.github/workflows/publish-maven.yml

@@ -153,10 +153,21 @@ jobs:
                   export VERSION GROUP_ID ARTIFACT_ID
                   RELEASE_NOTES=$(envsubst < .github/workflows/notes.template)
                   
-                  gh release create "v${VERSION}" \
-                    ${{ inputs.prerelease == true && '--prerelease' || '' }} \
-                    --title "Copilot Java SDK ${VERSION}" \
-                    --notes "${RELEASE_NOTES}" \
-                    --generate-notes
+                  # Get the previous tag for generating notes
+                  PREV_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 HEAD^ 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+                  
+                  # Build the gh release command
+                  GH_ARGS=("v${VERSION}")
+                  GH_ARGS+=("--title" "Copilot Java SDK ${VERSION}")
+                  GH_ARGS+=("--notes" "${RELEASE_NOTES}")
+                  GH_ARGS+=("--generate-notes")
+                  
+                  if [ -n "$PREV_TAG" ]; then
+                    GH_ARGS+=("--notes-start-tag" "$PREV_TAG")
+                  fi
+                  
+                  ${{ inputs.prerelease == true && 'GH_ARGS+=("--prerelease")' || '' }}
+                  
+                  gh release create "${GH_ARGS[@]}"
               env:
                   GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}