From ed35b0f81a2f77ead51887754a47f9b7dc824dcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Cole <james@firefly-iii.org>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2025 09:54:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Debug run.

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a97243ab64..b399df0bb9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Describe new release
         run: |
           # describe the development release.
+          ls -la
+          touch output.txt
+          exit 1
           if [[ "develop" == "$version" ]]; then
             echo 'Describe the latest develop release'
             rm -f output.txt

From e39d4bc2883f4fee44ebfb7d11f8676809248343 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Cole <james@firefly-iii.org>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2025 13:50:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Correct access rights.

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b399df0bb9..c9c092f181 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Describe new release
         run: |
           # describe the development release.
+          chown runner:docker output.txt
           ls -la
           touch output.txt
           exit 1

From aef3d340ae2f8de57023d83a417848e24ef08a21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Cole <james@firefly-iii.org>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2025 13:53:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Escalate to sudo.

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c9c092f181..5b55e9a352 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Describe new release
         run: |
           # describe the development release.
-          chown runner:docker output.txt
+          sudo chown runner:docker output.txt
           ls -la
           touch output.txt
           exit 1

From 1734c7f545b0ba46fac8fa77d9b7b71af89c099f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Cole <james@firefly-iii.org>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2025 13:58:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Fix output.txt routine.

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 14 +++-----------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5b55e9a352..53794f3c14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -204,13 +204,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Commit all changes
         run: |
           # add all content, except output.txt (this contains the changelog and/or the download instructions)
-          echo 'Add all and reset output.txt'
+          echo 'Add all'
           git add -A
-          if test -f "output.txt"; then
-            echo 'output.txt exists, reset it.'
-            git reset output.txt
-          fi
-
           # push to a new branch.
           echo "Auto commit on branch '$(git branch --show-current)'."
           git commit -m "🤖 Auto commit for release '$version' on $(date +'%Y-%m-%d')" || true
@@ -228,11 +223,8 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ""
       - name: Describe new release
         run: |
+
           # describe the development release.
-          sudo chown runner:docker output.txt
-          ls -la
-          touch output.txt
-          exit 1
           if [[ "develop" == "$version" ]]; then
             echo 'Describe the latest develop release'
             rm -f output.txt
@@ -265,8 +257,8 @@ jobs:
           # describe the main release
           if [[ "develop" != "$version" ]] && [[ "$version" != branch* ]] && [[ "$version" != *alpha* ]] && [[ "$version" != *beta* ]]; then
             echo 'Describe the latest release'
-            touch output.txt
             sudo chown -R runner:docker output.txt
+            touch output.txt
             echo '' >> output.txt
             echo '### Instructions' >> output.txt
             echo '' >> output.txt