From fdcf4d9454f050d199c49ff25f25d7bad133ff56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:29:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] tools: fix failing release-proposal linter for LTS
 transitions

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60465
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <richard.lau@ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Marco Ippolito <marcoippolito54@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
---
 tools/actions/lint-release-proposal-commit-list.mjs | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/actions/lint-release-proposal-commit-list.mjs b/tools/actions/lint-release-proposal-commit-list.mjs
index b5104a6503..a0deecc00e 100755
--- a/tools/actions/lint-release-proposal-commit-list.mjs
+++ b/tools/actions/lint-release-proposal-commit-list.mjs
@@ -26,9 +26,13 @@ if (commitListingStart === -1) {
   commitList = changelog.replace(/(^.+\n### Semver-Major|\n### Semver-(Minor|Patch)) Commits\n/gs, '')
     .replaceAll('**(SEMVER-MAJOR)** ', '');
 } else {
-  const commitListingEnd = changelog.indexOf('\n\n<a', commitListingStart);
-  assert.notStrictEqual(commitListingEnd, -1);
-  commitList = changelog.slice(commitListingStart, commitListingEnd + 1);
+  // We can't assume the Commits section is the one for this release in case of
+  // a release to transition to LTS (i.e. with no commits).
+  const releaseStart = /\n<a id="(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)"><\/a>\n\n## \d+-\d+-\d+, Version \1/.exec(changelog);
+  assert.ok(releaseStart, 'Could not determine the start of the release section');
+  const releaseEnd = changelog.indexOf('\n\n<a', releaseStart.index);
+  assert.notStrictEqual(releaseEnd, -1, 'Could not determine the end of the release section');
+  commitList = changelog.slice(commitListingStart, releaseEnd + 1);
 }
 
 // Normalize for consistent comparison