From 49f6213a81da5ed4ed782f92afdf9177f2d9dc66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: flakey5 <73616808+flakey5@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 31 May 2025 15:38:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: allow for relative paths for changelog file

Re https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/57343#issuecomment-2917116402

Signed-off-by: flakey5 <73616808+flakey5@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/releases.mjs | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/releases.mjs b/src/releases.mjs
index b80f1a15..bb795dae 100644
--- a/src/releases.mjs
+++ b/src/releases.mjs
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ const getChangelogFromFileSystem = async changelogUrl =>
  * @param {string} changelogPath The given URL to the Node.js CHANGELOG.md file
  */
 const createNodeReleases = changelogPath => {
-  const changelogUrl = new URL(changelogPath);
+  const changelogUrl = URL.parse(changelogPath);
 
   const changelogStrategy =
-    changelogUrl.protocol === 'file:'
-      ? getChangelogFromFileSystem(changelogUrl)
+    !changelogUrl || changelogUrl.protocol === 'file:'
+      ? getChangelogFromFileSystem(changelogUrl ?? changelogPath)
       : getChangelogFromNetwork(changelogUrl);
 
   /**