feat: replace body usage with body_path and make use of github.workspace

Author: 56kyle

{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml

@@ -37,13 +37,12 @@ jobs:
         run: uvx nox -s bump-version {{ "${{ steps.new_version.outputs.NEW_VERSION }}" }}
 
       - name: Get Release Notes
-        id: changelog
-        run: echo "CHANGELOG=$(python ./scripts/get-release-notes.py | base64)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        run: uvx nox -s get-release-notes {{ "${{ github.workspace }}-CHANGELOG.md" }}
 
       - name: Create Release Draft
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
-          body: {{ "${{ steps.changelog.outputs.CHANGELOG }} | base64 --decode" }}
+          body_path: {{ "${{ github.workspace }}-CHANGELOG.md" }}
           draft: true
           tag_name: {{ "${{ steps.new_version.outputs.NEW_VERSION }}" }}
         env:

{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/scripts/get-release-notes.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Script responsible for getting the release notes of the {{cookiecutter.project_name}} package."""
+import argparse
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from util import get_latest_release_notes
@@ -9,9 +10,25 @@
 
 def main() -> None:
     """Parses args and passes through to bump_version."""
+    parser: argparse.ArgumentParser = get_parser()
+    args: argparse.Namespace = parser.parse_args()
     release_notes: str = get_latest_release_notes()
-    RELEASE_NOTES_PATH.write_text(release_notes)
-
+    path: Path = RELEASE_NOTES_PATH if args.path is None else args.path
+    path.write_text(release_notes)
+
+
+def get_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
+    """Creates the argument parser for prepare-release."""
+    parser: argparse.ArgumentParser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        prog="get-release-notes", usage="python ./scripts/get-release-notes.py"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "path",
+        type=Path,
+        metavar="PATH",
+        help="Path the changelog will be written to.",
+    )
+    return parser
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":