clear redundancies in release scripts

Author: jnnsbrr

scripts/release.sh

@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ echo "Linting passed successfully."
 # 5. Update CITATION.cff and commit changes (only after all checks pass)
 echo "Updating CITATION.cff..."
 python3 scripts/update_citation.py "$VERSION"
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error: Failed to update CITATION.cff!"
+    exit 1
+fi
 
 if ! git diff --quiet CITATION.cff; then
     echo "CITATION.cff updated, committing changes..."

scripts/update_citation.py

@@ -121,29 +121,8 @@ def main():
     else:
         date = None
 
-    print(f"Updating CITATION.cff to version {version}")
     updated = update_citation_file(version, date)
-
-    if updated:
-        print("CITATION.cff has been updated!")
-
-        # Commit the changes
-        import subprocess
-
-        try:
-            subprocess.run(["git", "add", "CITATION.cff"], check=True)
-            subprocess.run(
-                ["git", "commit", "-m", f"Update CITATION.cff to version {version}"],
-                check=True,
-            )
-            print("CITATION.cff changes committed successfully")
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            print(f"Warning: Failed to commit CITATION.cff changes: {e}")
-
-        sys.exit(0)
-    else:
-        print("No changes were made.")
-        sys.exit(0)
+    sys.exit(0 if updated else 1)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":