From e570c2eba592a3fdae5d60a3a8f2bf9e3ff46fa2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bertie690 <136088738+Bertie690@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 15:17:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [Dev] Stop creating dummy RELEASE file in release workflow
 (#6442)

* [Dev] Stop creating dummy RELEASE file in release workflow

* Delete RELEASE file

* Update .github/workflows/create-release.yml

Co-authored-by: NightKev <34855794+DayKev@users.noreply.github.com>

* Update `create-release.yml` step desc

* Update `create-release.yml` to use `pnpm version`
---
 .github/workflows/create-release.yml | 12 ++++++------
 RELEASE                              |  1 -
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 RELEASE

diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
index f2e17898334..fea857355a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
@@ -55,15 +55,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create release branch
         run: git checkout -b release
 
-      # In order to be able to open a PR into beta, we need the branch to have at least one change.
-      - name: Overwrite RELEASE file
+      # In order to be able to open a PR into beta, we need the branch to have at least one commit.
+      # The first commit is _usually_ just bumping the version number, so we can kill 2 birds with 1 stone here
+      - name: Bump release version
         run: |
           git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config --local user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          echo "Release v${{ github.event.inputs.versionName }}" > RELEASE
-          git add RELEASE
-          git commit -m "Stage release v${{ github.event.inputs.versionName }}"
-
+          pnpm --no-git-tag-version version ${{ github.events.inputs.versionName }}
+          git commit -am "Stage release for v${{ github.events.inputs.versionName }}"
+ 
       - name: Push new branch
         run: git push origin release
 
diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
deleted file mode 100644
index a1a9f30b0e8..00000000000
--- a/RELEASE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Release v1.10.0