From 12f575bb5dc411cdf783a2b80961f673344026ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Tomek=20Wytr=C4=99bowicz?= <tomalecpub@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 18:13:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add GH workflow for release PR & checklist

---
 .github/workflows/prepare-release.yml | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/prepare-release.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc3a2ac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: 'Prepare New Release'
+run-name:  Prepare New Release `${{ github.event.inputs.type }}/${{ github.event.inputs.version }}` from by @${{ github.actor }}
+
+# **What it does**: Does release preparation: creates the release branch and the PR with a checklist.
+# **Why we have it**: To support devs automating a few manual steps, and to leave a nice reference for consumers.
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      ## In the future we could infer that version from the changelog, or bump it via major|minor|patch.
+      version:
+        description: 'Version number to be released'
+        required: true
+      type:
+        description: 'Type of the release (release|hotfix)'
+        required: true
+        default: 'release'
+      wp-version:
+        description: 'WordPress tested up to'
+      wc-version:
+        description: 'WooCommerce tested up to'
+
+
+jobs:
+  PrepareRelease:
+    name: Prepare Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Create branch & PR
+        uses: woocommerce/grow/prepare-extension-release@actions-v1
+        with:
+          version: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          type: ${{ github.event.inputs.type }}
+          wp-version: ${{ github.event.inputs.wp-version }}
+          wc-version: ${{ github.event.inputs.wc-version }}
+          main-branch: 'trunk'

From 2c210ac07b702921f2dfe0bb972c8cf53f9aefdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Tomek=20Wytr=C4=99bowicz?= <tomalecpub@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 12:27:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add a release step to trim changelog in the readme.txt

Addresses https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-google-analytics-integration/pull/285#discussion_r1266149285
---
 .github/workflows/prepare-release.yml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
index cc3a2ac6..7651669e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@ jobs:
           wp-version: ${{ github.event.inputs.wp-version }}
           wc-version: ${{ github.event.inputs.wc-version }}
           main-branch: 'trunk'
+          pre-steps: |
+            1. [ ] Remove older changelog entries from `readme.txt` (keep the last two versions, since we will be adding a third during the release), commit changes.