Revert "Update ecctl release process for patch versions (#671)" (#674)

This reverts commit 59f119d.

.github/workflows/branch.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+name: release-branch
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '*.*.*'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  branch-out:
+    name: Create a github branch
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Get the branch version
+        id: get_branch
+        run: |
+          BRANCH=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}
+          if ${{github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'}}; then
+            BRANCH=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)
+          fi
+          echo "BRANCH=$(echo ${BRANCH} | cut -d '.' -f1-2 | tr -d 'v')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: "1.23"
+        id: go
+
+      - name: Bump patch version
+        run: make patch
+
+      - name: Create new branch and commit changes to the minor branch
+        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
+        with:
+          default_author: user_info
+          message: 'Update patch version'
+          new_branch: ${{ steps.get_branch.outputs.BRANCH }}
+          author_name: elasticcloudclients
+          author_email: [email protected]
+
+  bump-minor-version:
+    name: Bump main version
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: master
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN_EXTRA }}
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: "1.23"
+        id: go
+
+      - name: Bump main version
+        run: make minor; git diff
+
+      - name: Commit changes to main
+        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
+        with:
+          default_author: user_info
+          message: 'Update minor version'
+          branch: master
+          author_name: elasticcloudclients
+          author_email: [email protected]

developer_docs/RELEASE.md

@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ Releasing a new version of the binary implies that there have been changes in th
 
 Unless this is a patch release, make sure a `cloud-sdk-go` release with the same version has been made. Once this is done, the `cloud-sdk-go` dependency should be updated to that version. To update the cloud-sdk-go dependency, please update the version in `go.mod`.
 
-### Update the version
+### Make sure the version has been updated
+
+**Since the version updates are now automated via github actions, this is just a double check**
 
 Since the source has changed, we need to update the current committed version to a higher version so that the release is published.
 
@@ -34,14 +36,14 @@ SHELL := /bin/bash
 export VERSION ?= v1.0.0
 ```
 
-Say we want to perform a minor version release (i.e. no breaking changes and only new features and bug fixes are being included); in which case we'll update the _MINOR_ part of the version, this can be done with the `make minor` target.
+Say we want to perform a minor version release (i.e. no breaking changes and only new features and bug fixes are being included); in which case we'll update the _MINOR_ part of the version, this can be done with the `make minor` target, but it should have been updated automatically via GitHub actions.
 
 ```Makefile
 SHELL := /bin/bash
 export VERSION ?= v1.1.0
 ```
 
-If a patch version needs to be released, the VERSION variable can be bumped with the `make patch` target.
+If a patch version needs to be released, the release will be done from the minor branch. For example, if we want to release `v1.5.1`, we will check out the `1.5` branch and perform any changes in that branch. The VERSION variable in the Makefile should already be up to date, but in case it's not, it can be bumped with the `make patch` target.
 
 ### Generating a changelog for the new version