From 843e80992e15bd5c47f64b448aa18994f37dd2e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Carlos=20Cort=C3=B3n=20Cobas?=
 <104267232+carloscortonc@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2025 15:38:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] feat: update output delimiter & include `notes` if
 present

---
 index.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 4b3db4e..7b4ce2c 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@
 
 const { env } = require("node:process");
 const { appendFileSync } = require("node:fs");
+const { EOL } = require("node:os");
+const { randomUUID } = require("node:crypto");
 
 function exportData(name, value) {
   console.log(`semantic-release-export-data: ${name}=${value}`);
   if (env.GITHUB_OUTPUT) {
-    const output = `${name}=${value}\n`;
+    // Borrowed from https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/ddc5fa4ae84a892bfa8431c353db3cf628f1235d/packages/core/src/file-command.ts#L27  
+    const delimiter = "output_delimiter_".concat(randomUUID());
+    const output = "".concat(name, "<<", delimiter, EOL, value, EOL, delimiter, EOL);
     appendFileSync(env.GITHUB_OUTPUT, output);
   }
 }
@@ -19,6 +23,8 @@ function generateNotes(_pluginConfig, { nextRelease }) {
   exportData("new-release-published", "true");
   exportData("new-release-version", nextRelease.version);
   exportData("new-release-git-tag", nextRelease.gitTag);
+  // Export notes if present
+  nextRelease.notes && exportData("new-release-release-notes", nextRelease.notes);
 }
 
 module.exports = {

From 8793f4e168d86d400d322470cc42334a570b8771 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Carlos=20Cort=C3=B3n=20Cobas?=
 <104267232+carloscortonc@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2025 15:51:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] chore: simplify output variable name

---
 index.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 7b4ce2c..626603e 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function generateNotes(_pluginConfig, { nextRelease }) {
   exportData("new-release-version", nextRelease.version);
   exportData("new-release-git-tag", nextRelease.gitTag);
   // Export notes if present
-  nextRelease.notes && exportData("new-release-release-notes", nextRelease.notes);
+  nextRelease.notes && exportData("new-release-notes", nextRelease.notes);
 }
 
 module.exports = {

From caca4b22ac1a1055fff6ddba8e59b3bad471895e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Carlos=20Cort=C3=B3n=20Cobas?=
 <104267232+carloscortonc@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2025 15:55:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] docs: update README

---
 README.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2dffaa0..dfe8b09 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Currently, the plugin exports the following GitHub Actions's outputs:
 | `new-release-published` | Whether a new release was published. The return value is in the form of a string. (`true` or `false`) |
 | `new-release-version`   | If a new release was published, the version of the new release. (e.g. `1.3.0`)                        |
 | `new-release-git-tag`   | If a new version was published, the git tag of the new release. (e.g. `v1.3.0`)                       |
+| `new-release-notes`     | If a new version was published, the generated notes (if present)                                      |
 
 ### GitHub Actions Example
 

From 2f3cc34d3816a93f56579e02c195f3b32b009dc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felipe Santos <felipecassiors@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2025 11:06:15 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Avoid logging release notes and avoid escaping
 unnecessarily

---
 index.js | 20 +++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 626603e..562f710 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -5,12 +5,19 @@ const { appendFileSync } = require("node:fs");
 const { EOL } = require("node:os");
 const { randomUUID } = require("node:crypto");
 
-function exportData(name, value) {
-  console.log(`semantic-release-export-data: ${name}=${value}`);
+function exportData(name, value, { log = true, escape = false } = {}) {
+  if (log) {
+    console.log(`semantic-release-export-data: ${name}=${value}`);
+  }
   if (env.GITHUB_OUTPUT) {
-    // Borrowed from https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/ddc5fa4ae84a892bfa8431c353db3cf628f1235d/packages/core/src/file-command.ts#L27  
-    const delimiter = "output_delimiter_".concat(randomUUID());
-    const output = "".concat(name, "<<", delimiter, EOL, value, EOL, delimiter, EOL);
+    let output;
+    if (escape) {
+      // Borrowed from https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/ddc5fa4ae84a892bfa8431c353db3cf628f1235d/packages/core/src/file-command.ts#L27  
+      const delimiter = "output_delimiter_".concat(randomUUID());
+      output = `${name}<<${delimiter}${EOL}${value}${EOL}${delimiter}${EOL}`;
+    } else {
+      output = `${name}=${value}${EOL}`;
+    }
     appendFileSync(env.GITHUB_OUTPUT, output);
   }
 }
@@ -23,8 +30,7 @@ function generateNotes(_pluginConfig, { nextRelease }) {
   exportData("new-release-published", "true");
   exportData("new-release-version", nextRelease.version);
   exportData("new-release-git-tag", nextRelease.gitTag);
-  // Export notes if present
-  nextRelease.notes && exportData("new-release-notes", nextRelease.notes);
+  exportData("new-release-notes", nextRelease.notes, { log: false, escape: true });
 }
 
 module.exports = {

From 0f4dbf589e2dd2456256c7af702f01b8cf190541 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felipe Santos <felipecassiors@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2025 11:21:26 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Print release notes in ci.yaml

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 6388398..3217bd0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       new-release-published: ${{ steps.get-next-version.outputs.new-release-published }}
       new-release-version: ${{ steps.get-next-version.outputs.new-release-version }}
       new-release-git-tag: ${{ steps.get-next-version.outputs.new-release-git-tag }}
+      new-release-notes: ${{ steps.get-next-version.outputs.new-release-notes }}
 
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -39,6 +40,11 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - run: echo "The new release version is ${{ needs.get-next-version.outputs.new-release-version }} with tag ${{ needs.get-next-version.outputs.new-release-git-tag }}"
+      - run: |
+          cat << 'EOF'
+          The release notes are:
+          ${{ needs.get-next-version.outputs.new-release-notes }}
+          EOF
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0