Improve invoke generate-release-notes to place the towncrier generated content in the appropriate file automatically

[cmsirbu]

As a repository maintainer, I would like to have a simpler release process, in this case taking the output of towncrier and placing it in the correct release notes file:

• For patch releases, insert it at the right marker in the existing markdown file
• For major/minor releases, generate the new release notes file from a template with the appropriate filename derived from the pyproject version first, then insert the release notes

[jifox]

Hi, I needed to add environment = { DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = "development.nautobot_config" } in pyproject.toml in section [tool.towncrier] else I got a traceback

[cmsirbu]

Hi, I needed to add environment = { DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = "development.nautobot_config" } in pyproject.toml in section [tool.towncrier] else I got a traceback

We used to have this actually, but with the steps outlined in the Release Checklist (in the Developer Guide section of the Docs) it was not needed anymore. How did you run towncrier to get a traceback?

[jifox]

Hi Cristian, I have a docker nautobot-app installation and just executed the invoke generate-release-notes --version 1.4.2 command as the developer guide docs/dev/release_checklist.md is telling me. After adding the environment the error message about module "nautobot_config" could not be found is gone.

[cmsirbu]

Hi Cristian, I have a docker nautobot-app installation and just executed the invoke generate-release-notes --version 1.4.2 command as the developer guide docs/dev/release_checklist.md is telling me. After adding the environment the error message about module "nautobot_config" could not be found is gone.

Hey Josef, it looks like you're on an older version of the tasks.py file. We've updated it with the release checklist, so it never needs to import the app anymore (the reason for the traceback that you're getting). It'll get the version either from the command line (recommended) or from poetry (that is defined in pyproject.toml) - see diff here: https://github.com/nautobot/cookiecutter-nautobot-app/pull/144/files#diff-d479618ef359402afcbe0919a72105abbc3a7519720311a83686d39b0d8cb89a