Added support for patch release and license header check

.github/configs/.licenserc.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+header:
+  license:
+    spdx-id: Apache-2.0
+    copyright-owner: Dell Technologies
+    content: 
+        /*
+        *
+        * Copyright © 2021-2025 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.
+        *
+        * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+        * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+        * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+        *
+        * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+        *
+        * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+        * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+        * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+        * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+        * limitations under the License.
+        *
+        */
+    pattern: 
+        /*
+        *
+        * Copyright © 2021-2025 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.
+        *
+        * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+        * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+        * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+        *
+        * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+        *
+        * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+        * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+        * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+        * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+        * limitations under the License.
+        *
+        */
+  paths-ignore:
+    - 'dist'
+    - 'licenses'
+    - '**/*.md'
+    - 'LICENSE'
+    - 'NOTICE'
+    - '.github'
+    - '.gitignore'
+    - 'go.mod'
+    - 'go.sum'
+    - '.licenserc.yaml'
+    - '.git'
+  comment: on-failure
+  dependency:
+    files:
+      - go.mod            # If this is a Go project.

.github/workflows/check-license-header.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2025 Dell Inc., or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+# This workflow is used to check for license header in the source code.
+name: Check License Header
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+jobs:
+  check-license-header:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Get config
+        run: |
+          curl -L -o .licenserc.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dell/common-github-actions/refs/heads/feature/license-validation/.github/configs/.licenserc.yaml
+
+      - name: Check License Header
+        uses: apache/skywalking-eyes/header@main
+        with:
+          config: .licenserc.yaml
+          mode: check
+
+  fix-license-headers:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Get config
+        run: |
+          curl -L -o .licenserc.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dell/common-github-actions/refs/heads/feature/license-validation/.github/configs/.licenserc.yaml
+
+      - name: Fix License Header
+        uses: apache/skywalking-eyes/header@main
+        with:
+          config: .licenserc.yaml
+          mode: fix
+      - name: Cleanup
+        run: |
+          rm -rf .licenserc.yaml
+
+      - name: Commit changes
+        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v4
+        with:
+          author_name: License Bot
+          author_email: license_bot@github.com
+          message: "Automatic application of license header"

.github/workflows/csm-release-driver-module.yaml

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
           go-version: "1.24"
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: go mod tidy
-      - name: Build binaries        
+      - name: Build binaries
         run: |
           echo "Building binaries to attach to the release if any..."
           if "${{ inputs.images == 'cert-csi' }}"; then
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ jobs:
       version: ${{ inputs.version }}
     secrets: inherit
 
+  # we will not going to push images to dockerhub and quay for the patch release as we do not have the image to be retagged, The developers has to build and push it manually to the repository
   push-images:
+    if: ${{ inputs.version == 'patch' || inputs.version == 'minor' || inputs.version == 'major' }}
     name: Release images to Dockerhub and Quay
     needs: release-and-tag
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "Current latest version of $image:$latest_version"
 
             IFS='.' read -r -a version_parts <<< "$latest_version"
-          
+
             if "${{ inputs.version == 'major' }}"; then
               # major version bump up
               version_parts[0]=$(expr ${version_parts[0]} + 1)
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
               version_parts[2]=$(expr ${version_parts[2]} + 1)
               new_version="${version_parts[0]}.${version_parts[1]}.${version_parts[2]}"
             fi
-          
+
            echo "Pushing image: $image:$new_version"                      
            docker pull dellemc/$image:nightly
            docker tag dellemc/$image:nightly dellemc/$image:$new_version
@@ -118,16 +120,16 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # Push each comma seperated images by splitting the string with ','
           images_list=$(echo '${{ inputs.images }}' | tr -d '[]"' | tr ',' ' ')
-          
+
           REPOSITORY="dell/container-storage-modules"
 
           for image in $images_list; do
-          
+
             latest_version=$(curl -s https://quay.io/api/v1/repository/$REPOSITORY/$image/tag/?limit=100 | jq -r '.tags[].name' | sort -V | tail -n 1)
             echo "Current latest version of $image:$latest_version"
 
             IFS='.' read -r -a version_parts <<< "$latest_version"
-          
+
             if "${{ inputs.version == 'major' }}"; then
               # major version bump up
               version_parts[0]=$(expr ${version_parts[0]} + 1)
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ jobs:
               version_parts[2]=$(expr ${version_parts[2]} + 1)
               new_version="${version_parts[0]}.${version_parts[1]}.${version_parts[2]}"
             fi
-          
+
            # Get manifest digest
             SHA=$(curl -s --location --request GET https://quay.io/api/v1/repository/$REPOSITORY/$image/tag?specificTag=nightly --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --header 'Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.QUAY_API_TOKEN }}' | jq -r '.tags[0].manifest_digest')            
             echo "Pushing image: $image:$new_version"
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ jobs:
             --data-raw '{
               "manifest_digest": "'"$SHA"'"
             }'
-        
+
             curl --location --request PUT https://quay.io/api/v1/repository/$REPOSITORY/$image/tag/latest \
             --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
             --header 'Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.QUAY_API_TOKEN }}' \

.github/workflows/release-creator.yaml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
       version:
-        description: 'Semantic version to release. Ex: major, minor, or patch'
+        description: "Semantic version to release. Ex: major, minor, or patch"
         required: true
         type: string
 jobs:
@@ -28,13 +28,22 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Fetch the full history including tags
           ref: ${{ github.ref }} # Checkout the branch from which the workflow is triggered
 
+      # we will set the release version based on the user given input for older patch releases only ex: n-1, n-2
+      - name: Set release version
+        if: ${{ inputs.version != 'patch' || inputs.version != 'minor' || inputs.version != 'major' }}
+        run: |
+          echo "REL_VERSION=v${{ inputs.version }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      #  we will auto bump up the version if it is only patch, minor, or major else we will just use the user given input
       - name: Get latest release
+        if: ${{ inputs.version == 'patch' || inputs.version == 'minor' || inputs.version == 'major' }}
         run: |
-          latest_version=$(git describe --tags $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1))
+          latest_version=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name)
           echo "MY_VAR=${latest_version}" >> $GITHUB_ENV            
           echo "latest_version=${latest_version}"
 
       - name: Increment version
+        if: ${{ inputs.version == 'patch' || inputs.version == 'minor' || inputs.version == 'major' }}
         env:
           MY_VAR: ${{ env.MY_VAR }}
         run: |

README.md

@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ jobs:
   common:
     name: Quality Checks
     uses: dell/common-github-actions/.github/workflows/go-common.yml@main
+  check-license-header:
+    name: Check License Header
+    uses: dell/common-github-actions/.github/workflows/check-license-header.yaml@main
 ```
 
 ### csm-release-driver-module
@@ -162,7 +165,11 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
           - major
           - minor
           - patch
-
+          - n-1/n-2 patch (Provide input in the below box)
+      version:
+        description: "Patch version to release. example: 2.1.x (Use this only if n-1/n-2 patch is selected)"
+        required: false
+        type: string
 jobs:
   csm-release:
     uses: dell/common-github-actions/.github/workflows/csm-release-driver-module.yaml@main