From a23dbf488ae02ed011d0102f04050ebdb18ae6f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: manifest-updater pipeline seed <ci@gitea.mulligan.casa>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:56:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Seed/update .ci pipeline from manifest-updater v1.1.3

---
 .ci/release.sh | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.ci/release.sh b/.ci/release.sh
index 41a0e2a..98f0281 100644
--- a/.ci/release.sh
+++ b/.ci/release.sh
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ HVER="$(grep -iE '^[[:space:]]*\*?[[:space:]]*Version:' "${MAIN}" | head -1 | se
 if grep -qE "_VERSION'" "${MAIN}"; then
   grep -qF "_VERSION', '${VER}'" "${MAIN}" || { echo "::error::*_VERSION const != ${VER}"; exit 1; }
 fi
-XY="$(printf '%s' "${VER}" | cut -d. -f1,2)"
-if [ -f CHANGELOG.md ]; then
-  grep -qF "[${VER}]" CHANGELOG.md || { echo "::error::CHANGELOG.md has no [${VER}] entry"; exit 1; }
-else
-  echo "::warning::no CHANGELOG.md — changelog gate skipped"
+# CHANGELOG.md is documentation, not correctness — warn, never block a release
+# (the modal's changelog comes from readme.txt's == Changelog == section anyway,
+# and version/tag/stable are already enforced hard above).
+if [ -f CHANGELOG.md ] && ! grep -qF "[${VER}]" CHANGELOG.md; then
+  echo "::warning::CHANGELOG.md has no [${VER}] entry (documentation only — not blocking)."
 fi
 [ -f readme.txt ] || { echo "::error::no readme.txt — required for packaging"; exit 1; }
 RSTABLE="$(grep -iE '^Stable tag:' readme.txt | head -1 | sed -E 's/.*:[[:space:]]*//' | tr -d '[:space:]\r')"