let pipeline convert md to html

Author: janthoXO

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -36,17 +36,25 @@ jobs:
         with:
           gradle-home-cache-cleanup: true
 
-      - name: Patch Plugin XML
-        env:
-          PLUGIN_VERSION: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
-          CHANGELOG: ${{ github.event.release.body }}
-        run: ./gradlew patchPluginXml
+      - name: Convert Markdown to HTML
+        id: convert-markdown
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y pandoc
+          MARKDOWN="${{ github.event.release.body }}"
+          HTML=$(echo "$MARKDOWN" | pandoc -f markdown -t html)
+          {
+            echo "html_output<<EOF"
+            echo "${HTML}"
+            echo EOF
+          } >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       # Publish the plugin to JetBrains Marketplace
       - name: Publish Plugin
         env:
           PLUGIN_VERSION: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
-          CHANGELOG: ${{ github.event.release.body }}
+          CHANGELOG: ${{ github.step.convert-markdown.outputs.html_output }}
           PUBLISH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PLUGIN_REPOSITORY_TOKEN }}
         run: ./gradlew publishPlugin
 

build.gradle.kts

@@ -60,9 +60,11 @@ tasks {
         version.set(
             environment("PLUGIN_VERSION").getOrElse("0.0.0")
         )
-        changeNotes.set(
-            environment("CHANGELOG").getOrElse("")
-        )
+        val cn = environment("CHANGELOG").getOrElse("")
+        if (cn.isNotBlank()) {
+            changeNotes.set(cn)
+        }
+
     }
 
     publishPlugin {