From 313ce3c946df69d5a3c87132fd3246856e5fecca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kira Evans <contact@kne42.me>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 13:03:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] document how to create a release using the contents of a
 file

---
 README.md | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f7fc34e0..c10a12c1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@master
+      - name: Read Release Notes
+        id: release_notes
+        run: |
+          CONTENTS="$(cat release_notes_latest.md)"
+          # allow to save as multiline string https://github.community/t5/GitHub-Actions/set-output-Truncates-Multiline-Strings/m-p/38372/highlight/true#M3322
+          CONTENTS="${CONTENTS//'%'/'%25'}"
+          CONTENTS="${CONTENTS//$'\n'/'%0A'}"
+          CONTENTS="${CONTENTS//$'\r'/'%0D'}" 
+          # set an output parameter https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#setting-an-output-parameter
+          echo "::set-output name=contents::$CONTENTS"
       - name: Create Release
         id: create_release
         uses: actions/create-release@latest
@@ -50,10 +60,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
           release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
-          body: |
-            Changes in this Release
-            - First Change
-            - Second Change
+          body: ${{ steps.release_notes.outputs.contents }}  # file contents taken from earlier step
           draft: false
           prerelease: false
 ```

From dcf11047e5018d606270008ed618edf5514d30bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kira Evans <contact@kne42.me>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 13:14:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] use existing action instead of bash code

---
 README.md | 13 ++++---------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c10a12c1..d144df70 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,14 +44,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@master
       - name: Read Release Notes
         id: release_notes
-        run: |
-          CONTENTS="$(cat release_notes_latest.md)"
-          # allow to save as multiline string https://github.community/t5/GitHub-Actions/set-output-Truncates-Multiline-Strings/m-p/38372/highlight/true#M3322
-          CONTENTS="${CONTENTS//'%'/'%25'}"
-          CONTENTS="${CONTENTS//$'\n'/'%0A'}"
-          CONTENTS="${CONTENTS//$'\r'/'%0D'}" 
-          # set an output parameter https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#setting-an-output-parameter
-          echo "::set-output name=contents::$CONTENTS"
+        juliangruber/read-file-action@v1
+        with:
+          path: ./release_notes_latest.md
       - name: Create Release
         id: create_release
         uses: actions/create-release@latest
@@ -60,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
           release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
-          body: ${{ steps.release_notes.outputs.contents }}  # file contents taken from earlier step
+          body: ${{ steps.release_notes.outputs.content }}  # file contents taken from earlier step
           draft: false
           prerelease: false
 ```