clean up changelog and couple release script fixes

Author: zachschuermann

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [0.6.1](https://github.com/delta-io/delta-kernel-rs/tree/0.6.1/) (2025-01-10)
+## [v0.6.1](https://github.com/delta-io/delta-kernel-rs/tree/v0.6.1/) (2025-01-10)
 
-[Full Changelog](https://github.com/delta-io/delta-kernel-rs/compare/v0.6.0...0.6.1)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/delta-io/delta-kernel-rs/compare/v0.6.0...v0.6.1)
 
 
 ### 🚀 Features / new APIs
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
 ### ⚙️ Chores/CI
 
 1. Expand the arrow version range to allow arrow v54 ([#616])
+2. Update to CodeCov @v5 ([#608])
 
 ### Other
 
 1. Fix msrv check by pinning `home` dependency ([#605])
-2. Update to CodeCov @v5 ([#608])
-3. Add release script ([#636])
+2. Add release script ([#636])
 
 
 [#605]: https://github.com/delta-io/delta-kernel-rs/pull/605

cliff.toml

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ header = """
 """
 # Tera template
 body = """
-## [{{ version }}](https://github.com/delta-io/delta-kernel-rs/tree/{{ version }}/) ({{ timestamp | date(format="%Y-%m-%d") }})
+## [v{{ version }}](https://github.com/delta-io/delta-kernel-rs/tree/v{{ version }}/) ({{ timestamp | date(format="%Y-%m-%d") }})
 
-[Full Changelog](https://github.com/delta-io/delta-kernel-rs/compare/{{ previous.version }}...{{ version }})
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/delta-io/delta-kernel-rs/compare/{{ previous.version }}...v{{ version }})
 
 {% for group, commits in commits | group_by(attribute="group") %}
     ### {{ group | striptags | trim | upper_first }}

release.sh

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ###################################################################################################
 # USAGE:
-# 1. on a release branch: ./release.sh <version>
+# 1. on a release branch: ./release.sh <version> (example: ./release.sh 0.1.0)
 # 2. on main branch (after merging release branch): ./release.sh
 ###################################################################################################
 
@@ -155,6 +155,15 @@ publish() {
     fi
 }
 
+
+validate_version() {
+    local version=$1
+    # Check if version starts with a number
+    if [[ ! $version =~ ^[0-9] ]]; then
+        log_error "Version must start with a number (e.g., '0.1.1'). Got: '$version'"
+    fi
+}
+
 check_requirements
 
 if is_main_branch; then
@@ -166,5 +175,6 @@ else
     if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
         log_error "Version argument required when on release branch\nUsage: $0 <version>"
     fi
+    validate_version "$1"
     handle_release_branch "$1"
 fi