An automated stage / promotion release process

tools/ansible/roles/dockerfile/tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-
 - name: Create _build directory
   file:
     path: "{{ dockerfile_dest }}/{{ template_dest }}"

tools/ansible/stage.yml

@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 - hosts: localhost
   connection: local
   vars:
+    changelog_path: ''
     payload:
-      body: "{{ lookup('file', changelog_path) | replace('\\n', '\n') }}"
+      body: "{{ (lookup('file', changelog_path) | replace('\\n', '\n')) if changelog_path else '' }}"
       name: "{{ version }}"
       tag_name: "{{ version }}"
       draft: true
   tasks:
-    - name: Publish Release
+    - name: Publish draft Release
       uri:
         url: "https://api.github.com/repos/{{ repo }}/releases"
         method: "POST"