fix: Do not error on --validate or --dry-run when no release will be created for PrepareRelease. (#265)

Closes #263

Co-authored-by: Dylan Anthony <[email protected]>

Author: dbanty

Cargo.lock

@@ -351,14 +351,13 @@ pub(crate) fn update_project_from_conventional_commits(
             state.releases.push(state::Release::Prepared(release));
         }
     }
-    if state.releases.is_empty() {
-        return Err(StepError::NoRelease);
-    }
     if let Some(dry_run_stdout) = dry_run_stdout {
         Ok(RunType::DryRun {
             state,
             stdout: dry_run_stdout,
         })
+    } else if state.releases.is_empty() {
+        Err(StepError::NoRelease)
     } else {
         Ok(RunType::Real(state))
     }

src/releases/conventional_commits.rs

@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ fn no_version_change() {
 
     // Assert.
     dry_run_output
-        .failure()
+        .success()
         .stderr_eq_path(source_path.join("dry_run_output.txt"));
     actual_assert
         .failure()

tests/prepare_release.rs

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-Error: 
-  × Problem with workflow release
-
-Error: step::no_release (https://knope-dev.github.io/knope/config/step/PrepareRelease.html)
-
-  × No packages are ready to release
-  help: The `PrepareRelease` step will not complete if no commits cause a
-        package's version to be increased.
-