From 2869ea62ca81dcb41cf8e573f08aa6ce86b67032 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: marijn <marijn@serraict.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 16:10:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update release target

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 2 +-
 makefile     | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d551a26..b5cd038 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
-- Updated Makefile to continue the release process even when there are no changes to commit
+- Updated Makefile to only add and commit CHANGELOG.md during release process if it has been changed
 
 ## [0.12.2] - 2024-10-11
 
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 7f8bf18..b3e9ced 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ release: documentation
 	fi
 	@NEW_VERSION=$$(python -m setuptools_scm --strip-dev) && \
 	sed -i '' "s/\[Unreleased\]/[$${NEW_VERSION}] - $$(date +%Y-%m-%d)/" CHANGELOG.md && \
-	git add CHANGELOG.md && \
-	git commit -m "Update CHANGELOG.md for version $${NEW_VERSION}" -f
+	if [ -n "$$(git status --porcelain CHANGELOG.md)" ]; then \
+		git add CHANGELOG.md && \
+		git commit -m "Update CHANGELOG.md for version $${NEW_VERSION}"; \
+	fi
 	git tag v$${NEW_VERSION} && \
 	git push origin main --tags
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