Never announce GHX releases

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # vars.RELEASE=PRERELEASE (default) → tag/title {version}-preview, draft --prerelease.
 # vars.RELEASE=STABLE → tag/title {version}, draft (not a prerelease). Never edits an existing preview.
 # Org webhook publishes drafts.
+# Notes copy cli/cli. Always append skip-announce and nosponsors so SponsorLink
+# does not post them to X or inject a sponsors section.
 name: release
 on:
   push:
@@ -43,7 +45,8 @@ jobs:
             printf '%s\n' "$BODY"
             echo ""
             echo "https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v$VERSION"
-            echo "<!-- X -->"
+            echo '<!-- !x -->'
+            echo '<!-- nosponsors -->'
           } > release-notes.md
 
           if gh release view "$TAG" >/dev/null 2>&1; then

CONTEXT.md

@@ -35,3 +35,10 @@ _Avoid_: submodule, clone, building `gh` from source
 **Preview**:
 A separate GitHub release tagged `{upstream}-preview` when `vars.RELEASE` is not `STABLE`. Nupkgs use that tag. A later STABLE release is `{upstream}`, not an edit of the preview.
 _Avoid_: flipping the prerelease bit on a published release, `{version}-preview-preview`
+
+**Skip-announce**:
+`<!-- !x -->` in every GitHub release body. Notes are copied from cli/cli; SponsorLink must not post them to X.
+_Avoid_: `<!-- X -->` (that *forces* an announcement)
+
+**Nosponsors**:
+`<!-- nosponsors -->` in every GitHub release body so SponsorLink does not inject a sponsors section.

docs/adr/0004-never-announce-releases.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# GHX releases are never announced
+
+SponsorLink's org webhook posts a published GitHub release to X when the body matches changelog section titles or contains `<!-- x -->`, and injects a sponsors section unless the body contains `<!-- nosponsors -->`. GHX notes are the upstream GitHub CLI changelog.
+
+Every draft from `release.yml` appends `<!-- !x -->` (skip-announce) and `<!-- nosponsors -->`. `<!-- x -->` must not appear: that marker forces an announcement.

src/Tests/ReleaseTests.cs

@@ -16,6 +16,21 @@ public void Non_stable_release_is_named_version_preview_not_an_edit()
         Assert.DoesNotContain("--prerelease=false", release);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void Release_notes_skip_sponsorlink_announcement_and_sponsors()
+    {
+        var release = File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(FindRepoRoot(), ".github", "workflows", "release.yml"));
+        // SponsorLink posts published releases to X unless the body contains skip-announce,
+        // and injects a sponsors section unless it contains nosponsors.
+        // GHX notes are copied from cli/cli; they are not our work. <!-- X --> *forces* a post.
+        Assert.Contains("echo '<!-- !x -->'", release);
+        Assert.Contains("echo '<!-- nosponsors -->'", release);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("echo \"<!-- X -->\"", release);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("echo \"<!-- x -->\"", release);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("echo '<!-- X -->'", release);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("echo '<!-- x -->'", release);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void Publish_version_does_not_double_append_preview()
     {