Add version bump check workflow and remove old release workflow

Author: harshitha-cstk

.github/workflows/check-version-bump.yml

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+# Catches when developers forget to bump package.json for release-affecting changes.
+# App code changes (app.js, bin/, config/, routes/, views/, etc.) require a version bump vs latest tag.
+# Skips for: test-only, docs, .github (workflows/config), dependency-only bumps without app edits.
+name: Check Version Bump
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  version-bump:
+    name: Version bump
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Detect changed files and version bump
+        id: detect
+        run: |
+          if git rev-parse HEAD^2 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            FILES=$(git diff --name-only HEAD^1 HEAD^2)
+          else
+            FILES=$(git diff --name-only HEAD~1 HEAD)
+          fi
+          VERSION_FILES_CHANGED=false
+          echo "$FILES" | grep -qx 'package.json' && VERSION_FILES_CHANGED=true
+          echo "version_files_changed=$VERSION_FILES_CHANGED" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          # App source paths for this boilerplate (no lib/webpack/dist); .github/ and test/ do not count
+          CODE_CHANGED=false
+          echo "$FILES" | grep -qE '^app\.js$|^bin/|^config/|^middlewares/|^models/|^public/|^routes/|^views/|^schemaNentries/' && CODE_CHANGED=true
+          echo "$FILES" | grep -qx 'package.json' && CODE_CHANGED=true
+          echo "code_changed=$CODE_CHANGED" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Skip when only test/docs/.github changed
+        if: steps.detect.outputs.code_changed != 'true'
+        run: |
+          echo "No release-affecting files changed (e.g. only test/docs/.github). Skipping version-bump check."
+          exit 0
+
+      - name: Fail when version bump was missed
+        if: steps.detect.outputs.code_changed == 'true' && steps.detect.outputs.version_files_changed != 'true'
+        run: |
+          echo "::error::This PR has code changes but no version bump. Please bump the version in package.json."
+          exit 1
+
+      - name: Setup Node
+        if: steps.detect.outputs.code_changed == 'true' && steps.detect.outputs.version_files_changed == 'true'
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '22.x'
+
+      - name: Check version bump
+        if: steps.detect.outputs.code_changed == 'true' && steps.detect.outputs.version_files_changed == 'true'
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          PKG_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version.replace(/^v/, '')")
+          if [ -z "$PKG_VERSION" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Could not read version from package.json"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          git fetch --tags --force 2>/dev/null || true
+          LATEST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || true)
+          if [ -z "$LATEST_TAG" ]; then
+            echo "No existing tags found. Skipping version-bump check (first release)."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          LATEST_VERSION="${LATEST_TAG#v}"
+          LATEST_VERSION="${LATEST_VERSION%%-*}"
+          if [ "$(printf '%s\n' "$LATEST_VERSION" "$PKG_VERSION" | sort -V | tail -1)" != "$PKG_VERSION" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Version bump required: package.json version ($PKG_VERSION) is not greater than latest tag ($LATEST_TAG). Please bump the version in package.json."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          if [ "$PKG_VERSION" = "$LATEST_VERSION" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Version bump required: package.json version ($PKG_VERSION) equals latest tag ($LATEST_TAG). Please bump the version in package.json."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "Version bump check passed: package.json is at $PKG_VERSION (latest tag: $LATEST_TAG)."

.github/workflows/release.yml

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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+# When switching to a branch that doesn't exist on remote (e.g. newly created),
+# pull and merge origin/main or origin/master into current branch. Does not push.
+
+# Only run on branch checkout (not file checkout)
+if [ "$3" != "1" ]; then
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# Skip if we don't have a remote
+if ! git rev-parse --verify origin 2>/dev/null; then
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+CURRENT_BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+
+# Skip main/master - no need to merge base into these
+case "$CURRENT_BRANCH" in
+  main|master) exit 0 ;;
+esac
+
+# Only run when current branch does not exist on origin (treat as new local branch)
+if git ls-remote --heads origin "$CURRENT_BRANCH" 2>/dev/null | grep -q .; then
+  echo "post-checkout: $CURRENT_BRANCH exists on origin, skipping merge."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# Prefer main, fallback to master
+if git rev-parse --verify origin/main 2>/dev/null; then
+  BASE=origin/main
+elif git rev-parse --verify origin/master 2>/dev/null; then
+  BASE=origin/master
+else
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "New branch detected: merging latest $BASE into $CURRENT_BRANCH (local only, not pushing)..."
+git fetch origin
+git merge "$BASE" --no-edit --no-ff
+echo "Done. Merge is local only; push when ready."