From 30ef50eeec4b210a4189662da0c654250e248a4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Andreas=20B=C3=B6hm?=
 <60391995+matherm-aboehm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 13:39:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(prepare): variable substitution for
 `${nextRelease.notes}` (#17)

* fix(prepare): variable substitution for `${nextRelease.notes}`
* test(prepare): fix test with template variables in commit message
---
 src/prepare.ts       | 3 ++-
 test/prepare.test.ts | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/prepare.ts b/src/prepare.ts
index c467bf2..b4168e9 100644
--- a/src/prepare.ts
+++ b/src/prepare.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ export async function prepare(
     commitMessage = commitMessage
       .replace(/\$\{nextRelease\.version\}/g, nextRelease.version)
       .replace(/\$\{nextRelease\.gitTag\}/g, nextRelease.gitTag)
-      .replace(/\$\{nextRelease\.gitHead\}/g, nextRelease.gitHead);
+      .replace(/\$\{nextRelease\.gitHead\}/g, nextRelease.gitHead)
+      .replace(/\$\{nextRelease\.notes\}/g, nextRelease.notes);
   } else if (!nextRelease) {
     // Fallback if no nextRelease context
     commitMessage = commitMessage || "chore(release): update [skip ci]";
diff --git a/test/prepare.test.ts b/test/prepare.test.ts
index 2a90106..99d8e6b 100644
--- a/test/prepare.test.ts
+++ b/test/prepare.test.ts
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ describe("prepare", () => {
     const pluginConfig: PluginConfig = {
       files: ["dist/**"],
       commitMessage:
-        "release: ${nextRelease.version} tag: ${nextRelease.gitTag}",
+        `release: \${nextRelease.version} tag: \${nextRelease.gitTag}
+head: \${nextRelease.gitHead} notes: \${nextRelease.notes}`,
     };
     const context = createMockContext({
       nextRelease: {
@@ -285,7 +286,8 @@ describe("prepare", () => {
 
     expect(mockGitHubClient.createCommit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.any(Object),
-      "release: 1.2.3 tag: v1.2.3",
+      `release: 1.2.3 tag: v1.2.3
+head: abc123 notes: Release notes`,
       expect.any(String),
       expect.any(Array),
       undefined,

From e56b2e2760f15c59e52d5203e7deffa6cf1cc947 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "semantic-release-github-commit[bot]"
 <238512118+semantic-release-github-commit[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 11:48:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore(release): update package.json version to
 1.0.1-beta.1 [skip ci]

---
 package-lock.json | 4 ++--
 package.json      | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e65c1e8..c8a98c5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@jno21/semantic-release-github-commit",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.1-beta.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@jno21/semantic-release-github-commit",
-      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "version": "1.0.1-beta.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@octokit/rest": "^22.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3725c98..c148681 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@jno21/semantic-release-github-commit",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.1-beta.1",
   "description": "Semantic-release plugin to commit files to GitHub using the REST API",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",