feat(release): prompt to create github release when no file changes

packages/nx/src/command-line/release/changelog.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as chalk from 'chalk';
+import { prompt } from 'enquirer';
 import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { valid } from 'semver';
 import { dirSync } from 'tmp';
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import { FsTree, Tree } from '../../generators/tree';
 import { registerTsProject } from '../../plugins/js/utils/register';
 import { createProjectGraphAsync } from '../../project-graph/project-graph';
 import { interpolate } from '../../tasks-runner/utils';
+import { isCI } from '../../utils/is-ci';
 import { output } from '../../utils/output';
 import { handleErrors } from '../../utils/params';
 import { joinPathFragments } from '../../utils/path';
@@ -550,7 +552,32 @@ async function applyChangesAndExit(
         `No changes were detected for any changelog files, so no changelog entries will be generated.`,
       ],
     });
-    return;
+
+    if (!postGitTasks.length) {
+      // no GitHub releases to create so we can just exit
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (isCI()) {
+      output.warn({
+        title: `Skipped GitHub release creation because no changes were detected for any changelog files.`,
+      });
+      return;
+    } else {
+      // prompt the user to see if they want to create a GitHub release anyway
+      // we know that the user has configured GitHub releases because we have postGitTasks
+      const shouldCreateGitHubReleaseAnyway = await promptForGitHubRelease();
+
+      if (!shouldCreateGitHubReleaseAnyway) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      for (const postGitTask of postGitTasks) {
+        await postGitTask(latestCommit);
+      }
+
+      return;
+    }
   }
 
   // Generate a new commit for the changes, if configured to do so
@@ -951,3 +978,19 @@ export function shouldCreateGitHubRelease(
 
   return (changelogConfig || {}).createRelease === 'github';
 }
+
+async function promptForGitHubRelease(): Promise<boolean> {
+  try {
+    const result = await prompt<{ confirmation: boolean }>([
+      {
+        name: 'confirmation',
+        message: 'Do you want to create a GitHub release anyway?',
+        type: 'confirm',
+      },
+    ]);
+    return result.confirmation;
+  } catch (e) {
+    // Handle the case where the user exits the prompt with ctrl+c
+    return false;
+  }
+}